instabox@0.8.112
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 3d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and reviewed network, credential, and filesystem behavior is consistent with an explicitly run cloud-box CLI. Its disclosed usage telemetry has an opt-out; the native CLI binaries were not readable, but their presence alone does not establish malicious behavior.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
User runs the Instabox CLI or explicitly runs a package helper.
Impact
No harmful automatic behavior was identified in the reviewed source. The shipped native CLI binaries were not readable in this review.
Mechanism
The CLI communicates with the configured Instabox API, installs its CLI from that API, and sends disclosed usage events to PostHog unless telemetry is disabled.
AI rationale
The manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and reviewed network, credential, and filesystem behavior is consistent with an explicitly run cloud-box CLI. Its disclosed usage telemetry has an opt-out; the native CLI binaries were not readable, but their presence alone does not establish malicious behavior.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.config/instabox/credentials.json
Network endpoints6
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.combun.shastral.shsh.rustup.rsgo.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook.
- The CLI sends requests to the Instabox API configured by the user or to api.instabox.sh by default.
- Usage telemetry is disclosed, can be disabled, and reports command names and outcomes rather than arguments.
- The repository-move helper is documented as a user-run step for moving a project into an Instabox cloud box.
Evidence against
- Onboarding sends disclosed usage telemetry to us.i.posthog.com.
- The package includes native CLI binaries whose implementation is not readable in the provided source review.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 9053696
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Ships Native Binary
Package ships native binary artifacts.
cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView on unpkgskills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.pyView file
•path = skills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.py
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 2977
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Ships Build Helper
Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.
skills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.pyView on unpkgpackage.jsonView file
Findings
5 Medium7 Low
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Native Binarycli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
MediumShips Build Helperskills/instabox-basic-setup/scripts/install-files.py
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
LowAi Review Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.112.
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