instabox@0.8.142
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 is a cloud-box CLI with no install hook; its network use and credential handling support its documented service. The flagged download helper is part of a user-invoked migration flow, and the runtime telemetry is disclosed with an opt-out.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
User runs the CLI or follows the repo-migration skill; no npm lifecycle hook runs automatically.
Impact
Expected service use and opted-out runtime telemetry; no automatic unrelated credential collection or account actions were identified.
Mechanism
The CLI contacts its configured instabox API and sends disclosed usage events to PostHog. The migration helper installs detected runtimes and project dependencies on the remote box.
AI rationale
The package is a cloud-box CLI with no install hook; its network use and credential handling support its documented service. The flagged download helper is part of a user-invoked migration flow, and the runtime telemetry is disclosed with an opt-out.
Evidence
~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skills~/.gemini/config/skills~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json
Network endpoints6
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.commise.runraw.githubusercontent.combun.shastral.sh
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest describes a cloud-box CLI and declares no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook.
- The CLI documents usage telemetry, says it excludes names and arguments, and provides opt-out environment variables.
- The onboarding telemetry sends command outcome and runtime fields with the account user ID; it does not include names, paths, or messages.
- API requests send credentials to the configured instabox server, which defaults to api.instabox.sh.
- The dependency helper is documented as part of the repo-migration workflow and is invoked over SSH after the user starts that workflow.
Evidence against
- The package includes native CLI binaries whose behavior could not be established from the available source inspection.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 9130496
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 Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.142.
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