instabox@0.8.117
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 lifecycle hook. Reviewed network and filesystem behavior supports its stated cloud CLI and skill purpose; telemetry is disclosed and can be disabled, and no credential flow to a foreign host or other concrete attack was found.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
User invokes the CLI; onboarding telemetry follows successful sign-in. Repo migration helpers run when the installed skill is used.
Impact
No unauthorized collection or action was identified in the reviewed source.
Mechanism
The CLI contacts the configured instabox API and sends disclosed usage events to PostHog. Migration helpers install missing tools and dependencies for the selected project.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hook. Reviewed network and filesystem behavior supports its stated cloud CLI and skill purpose; telemetry is disclosed and can be disabled, and no credential flow to a foreign host or other concrete attack was found.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills/~/.agents/skills/~/.gemini/config/skills/
Network endpoints8
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.commise.runraw.githubusercontent.combun.shastral.shsh.rustup.rsgo.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 92.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json has no install lifecycle hook; its scripts are for packaging, tests, and formatting.
- The CLI sends API requests and bearer credentials to the configured instabox server, defaulting to api.instabox.sh.
- Saved credentials are used only when their recorded server matches the requested server.
- Onboarding telemetry is disclosed as usage data, has opt-out settings, and reports command outcomes and runtime details.
- Skill installation copies package skills and only overwrites existing copies marked as installed by instabox.
- The repo-move skill warns that copied history may contain secrets and directs the user to choose whether to include it.
Evidence against
- The package ships native CLI binaries whose behavior is not fully inspectable in the available binary views.
- The repo-move helper can download and run installers and project dependency commands when that skill is used.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 9061376
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/api.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.117.
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