instabox@0.8.140
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 package has no install lifecycle hook, and its network activity supports the Instabox service and disclosed, opt-out runtime telemetry. The native binaries and install helpers fit the documented CLI and skills; the reviewed source showed no malicious credential transfer or unrequested account action.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The CLI runs after an explicit user command; skills and dependency helpers run when the user or agent invokes them.
Impact
Expected service requests, user-directed file transfers, and limited usage analytics; no malicious collection, account action, or concealed execution was identified.
Mechanism
The CLI authenticates to the configured Instabox API, provisions and manages boxes, and sends disclosed usage events to PostHog. Skill scripts copy or prepare user-selected project and configuration data for those features.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hook, and its network activity supports the Instabox service and disclosed, opt-out runtime telemetry. The native binaries and install helpers fit the documented CLI and skills; the reviewed source showed no malicious credential transfer or unrequested account action.
Network endpoints4
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.commise.runraw.githubusercontent.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 no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; its executable is an explicitly run CLI.
- Onboarding telemetry reports command outcomes and ordinary runtime details, and the package documents an opt-out.
- Telemetry is gated to the default Instabox server and can be disabled; API requests send credentials to the configured Instabox service.
- The CLI uses api.instabox.sh by default, consistent with the package’s cloud-box purpose.
Evidence against
- The package sends runtime usage telemetry to PostHog by default, though it discloses this and supports opt-out.
- It ships native CLI binaries that cannot all be fully inspected from their supplied readable views.
- Its agent skills include helpers that can install project runtimes and dependencies when a user invokes those skills.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 9126400
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@0.8.140.
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