instabox@0.8.125
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 the reviewed network behavior is disclosed runtime telemetry sent only for signed-in use with the default instabox server. Migration can transfer repository history that may contain secrets, but the skill warns about this and instructs the user to review and choose the migration scope.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
Telemetry runs during CLI onboarding when an instabox account is signed in; repo migration and skill installation are user-invoked workflows.
Impact
The reviewed behavior supports the package’s stated cloud-box and agent-skill purpose; no automatic credential theft or unrelated account actions were found.
Mechanism
The CLI sends onboarding outcomes and runtime details to PostHog, gated on the default instabox API and telemetry settings. Migration instructions disclose that selected repository and conversation data may be copied to the user’s box.
AI rationale
The manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the reviewed network behavior is disclosed runtime telemetry sent only for signed-in use with the default instabox server. Migration can transfer repository history that may contain secrets, but the skill warns about this and instructs the user to review and choose the migration scope.
Evidence
bin/instabox.mjslib/telemetry.mjslib/skills.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
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle script; its scripts are prepack, test, and formatting commands.
- The CLI documents runtime usage telemetry, says it excludes names and arguments, and offers INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY or DO_NOT_TRACK to disable it.
- Telemetry is sent only when an instabox account user ID exists, the configured server is the default instabox API, and telemetry is enabled; the analytics request goes to PostHog.
- The repo-move skill warns that committed or staged files and Git configuration can include secrets, and directs the user to review the migration plan and ask about conversation history.
- The bundled native CLI is installed from the package’s own bundled file without network access.
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 = 9100800
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@0.8.125.
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