instabox@0.8.150
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 1d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is a cloud box CLI with no install lifecycle hook. Its runtime telemetry is disclosed, reports usage outcomes and ordinary runtime details, can be disabled, and is sent only when using the default Instabox service.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The user invokes the Instabox CLI or onboarding command.
Impact
The service receives requests needed to operate the user's cloud boxes and limited usage metrics.
Mechanism
The CLI sends authenticated API requests to the configured Instabox server and disclosed usage events to PostHog.
AI rationale
This is a cloud box CLI with no install lifecycle hook. Its runtime telemetry is disclosed, reports usage outcomes and ordinary runtime details, can be disabled, and is sent only when using the default Instabox service.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.local/bin/instabox/usr/local/bin/instabox
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
- The package exposes a user-run CLI and declares no install lifecycle hook.
- Telemetry is disclosed, reports command names and outcomes rather than arguments, and can be disabled with INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY or DO_NOT_TRACK.
- Telemetry is limited to the default Instabox server and uses the signed-in account's service-assigned user ID.
- The onboarding event reports outcomes and runtime details such as OS, architecture, Node version, and agent type.
- API bearer tokens are sent in requests to the configured Instabox server.
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 = 9172480
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@0.8.150.
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