instabox@0.8.151
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 23h ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no install lifecycle hook, and its network, telemetry, binary installation, and skill setup are tied to disclosed, user-run CLI functionality. Runtime telemetry reports command names and outcomes with an opt-out, and no malicious credential or account-action flow was found.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The CLI runs when invoked by the user; onboarding, skill installation, repository transfer, and dependency setup require user-run commands.
Impact
No automatic credential theft, unrelated collection, or unrequested account action was identified. Some bundled binary internals were not fully inspectable.
Mechanism
Onboarding communicates with the Instabox API and sends disclosed command outcome telemetry to PostHog. User-run skills can copy files to an Instabox box and install project tools.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hook, and its network, telemetry, binary installation, and skill setup are tied to disclosed, user-run CLI functionality. Runtime telemetry reports command names and outcomes with an opt-out, and no malicious credential or account-action flow was found.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skills~/.gemini/config/skills/usr/local/bin~/.local/bin
Network endpoints7
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.commise.runraw.githubusercontent.combun.shgo.devdeno.land
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 install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; prepack only copies skill files.
- The CLI discloses usage telemetry, limits reported data to command steps and outcomes, and provides opt-out settings.
- Telemetry is sent only for the default Instabox server and uses the account user ID returned by its API.
- Agent skills are installed by explicit CLI commands; existing user-owned skill files are kept.
- The repository-move skill documents that it copies repository contents and conversations to the user's Instabox box.
Evidence against
- The CLI can install skills in user-level agent directories and the bundled Instabox CLI in a user-selected or standard install directory when the user runs onboarding.
- The repository-move skill includes scripts that download and install development tools when the user runs them.
- The shipped native CLI binaries could not all be fully inspected from the available binary analysis.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVars
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 Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.151.
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