instabox@0.8.119
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, and its CLI telemetry is disclosed, limited to usage and runtime details, and can be disabled. The migration skill warns about sensitive conversation history and describes its transfer as part of an explicit user-directed workflow.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI onboarding command; telemetry is attempted only for a signed-in user using the default Instabox server.
Impact
No malicious behavior identified. Telemetry can be disabled, and the migration workflow calls out the sensitive history transfer before starting.
Mechanism
The CLI sends an onboarding event with outcome and runtime details to PostHog. The repository migration skill describes transferring conversation history as part of a user-directed workflow and warns that it can contain secrets.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hook, and its CLI telemetry is disclosed, limited to usage and runtime details, and can be disabled. The migration skill warns about sensitive conversation history and describes its transfer as part of an explicit user-directed workflow.
Evidence
package.jsonbin/instabox.mjslib/telemetry.mjsskills/instabox-move-repo/SKILL.md
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The package exposes a CLI entry point and declares no install, preinstall, or postinstall lifecycle hook.
- Runtime telemetry is disclosed as usage data containing command names and outcomes, with environment variables to disable it.
- The telemetry sender checks for the default Instabox server and an authenticated user, and respects the telemetry opt-out.
- The onboarding event uses the Instabox account ID and reports outcome and runtime details; its source comment says it excludes names, paths, and messages.
- The migration skill warns that copied conversation history may contain secrets and directs the user to ask whether to skip it.
Evidence against
- The migration workflow can transfer Claude Code and Codex conversation history, which may contain secrets, when a user chooses the repository migration workflow.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStrings
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 Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.119.
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