instabox@0.8.154
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 20h ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no install lifecycle hook, and its CLI’s network activity serves the Instabox service or disclosed, opt-out telemetry. The flagged download-and-run helper is documented for dependency setup during an explicit repository move, and no source evidence showed automatic credential theft or unrelated execution.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The user invokes the CLI; skill installation runs only through its skills-install command. The dependency helper is documented for an explicit repository-move workflow on the remote box.
Impact
No malicious impact identified. The telemetry disclosure and opt-out are present; the CLI’s normal service requests use the configured Instabox server.
Mechanism
The CLI contacts the configured Instabox API and sends command and outcome telemetry to PostHog, with opt-out controls. The reviewed source does not show automatic credential collection or install-time network activity.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hook, and its CLI’s network activity serves the Instabox service or disclosed, opt-out telemetry. The flagged download-and-run helper is documented for dependency setup during an explicit repository move, and no source evidence showed automatic credential theft or unrelated execution.
Evidence
lib/credentials.mjslib/telemetry.mjslib/skills.mjs
Network endpoints8
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.commise.runraw.githubusercontent.combun.shastral.shsh.rustup.rsgo.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 95.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json declares no install, preinstall or postinstall lifecycle hook.
- The CLI sends usage telemetry with command names and outcomes, discloses it, and provides opt-out variables.
- Telemetry is sent to PostHog using the signed-in account ID and package event properties.
- API requests send credentials to the configured Instabox server; the CLI’s onboarding runs when invoked.
- Skill installation is an explicit CLI command, with an interactive prompt when no agent is specified.
Evidence against
- The package includes a helper that downloads and runs tool installers, but its documented role is setting up dependencies on the remote box during a user-requested repository move.
- The package ships native CLI binaries, which are installed and invoked as the Instabox CLI.
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@0.8.154.
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