instabox@0.8.113
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 package has no install hook, and its entry point selects onboarding or CLI behavior from user-supplied arguments. The flagged telemetry is disclosed, disableable, and limited to onboarding usage and runtime properties sent to PostHog.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the bin command; onboarding telemetry runs during onboarding after account lookup.
Impact
No unsolicited credential collection, unrelated account actions, or harmful automatic behavior was identified.
Mechanism
The package sends onboarding outcome and runtime properties to PostHog, gated to the default InstaBox server. CLI downloads use the configured InstaBox API.
AI rationale
The package has no install hook, and its entry point selects onboarding or CLI behavior from user-supplied arguments. The flagged telemetry is disclosed, disableable, and limited to onboarding usage and runtime properties sent to PostHog.
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest declares packaging and development scripts, with no install lifecycle hook.
- The bin dispatches onboarding, skills, or CLI work based on the arguments the user runs; it installs the CLI only when handling a CLI command and no bundled or existing CLI is found.
- Telemetry is gated on the default InstaBox server and can be disabled; it is sent to PostHog and uses the signed-in account ID with onboarding outcome and runtime fields.
- The CLI describes its usage telemetry as steps and outcomes, never names or arguments, and documents environment variables to turn it off.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 9054208
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@0.8.113.
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