instabox@0.8.138
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 2d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe manifest has no install lifecycle scripts, and the executable provides the advertised instabox CLI. Runtime usage telemetry is disclosed and can be disabled; migration of project data is a documented user-invoked feature with a review step.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI or invokes one of its documented skills; telemetry runs after CLI activity when enabled and an account user ID is available.
Impact
Normal operation sends disclosed usage events and, when the user chooses repo migration, transfers selected project data to their instabox box. No automatic install-time collection or unrelated credential transfer was identified.
Mechanism
The CLI communicates with the instabox service and sends command names and outcomes to its analytics endpoint. The repo-move skill documents the files and conversation history that can be transferred and asks the user to review before proceeding.
AI rationale
The manifest has no install lifecycle scripts, and the executable provides the advertised instabox CLI. Runtime usage telemetry is disclosed and can be disabled; migration of project data is a documented user-invoked feature with a review step.
Evidence
telemetry.json/data/workspace/<repo-name>
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
- package.json declares no preinstall, install or postinstall hook; the executable is a user-run CLI.
- The CLI describes sign-in and CLI/skill installation as explicit commands; API keys are used for instabox sign-in.
- Runtime usage telemetry is disclosed as command names and outcomes, never arguments, with opt-out variables; it sends only when an instabox account user ID exists and the default server is used.
- The repo-move skill discloses that committed or staged files and Git configuration can be moved, and instructs the user to review the plan and history before proceeding.
Evidence against
- The move-repo feature can transfer committed secrets or tokens embedded in Git configuration to the user's cloud box when the user chooses that operation.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 9103872
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@0.8.138.
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