instabox@0.8.47
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package adds a CLI entry point but no install hook, and its runtime behaviors align with its stated cloud-box and agent-skill purpose. Usage telemetry is disclosed with an opt-out; the repo-move workflow identifies the sensitive data it may transfer and instructs the user to be informed before it begins.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
User invokes the CLI or follows a packaged skill; no install-time lifecycle action is declared.
Impact
No malicious behavior identified. The migration can carry sensitive repository or conversation content, which the skill describes and instructs the user to be told about before starting.
Mechanism
The CLI communicates with the configured Instabox API, emits limited usage events to PostHog, and can install CLI assets and skills. The repo-move skill stages repository and conversation data for transfer to the user's cloud box.
AI rationale
The package adds a CLI entry point but no install hook, and its runtime behaviors align with its stated cloud-box and agent-skill purpose. Usage telemetry is disclosed with an opt-out; the repo-move workflow identifies the sensitive data it may transfer and instructs the user to be informed before it begins.
Evidence
bin/instabox.mjslib/cli.mjslib/telemetry.mjslib/skills.mjsskills/instabox-move-repo/SKILL.mdskills/instabox-move-repo/scripts/deps.sh
Network endpoints4
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.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 defines no install, preinstall, or postinstall lifecycle hook; its scripts are for packing, testing, and formatting.
- The executable dispatches based on the user's CLI arguments; onboarding and skill installation are command paths, not unconditional install actions.
- Runtime usage telemetry is disclosed and can be disabled with INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY or DO_NOT_TRACK.
- Telemetry uses the signed-in account ID and event properties, and is sent to PostHog only when the configured server is the package's default service.
- The repo-move skill warns that copied conversation history may contain secrets and instructs the agent to tell the user before starting.
- The CLI downloads its own platform executable from the configured Instabox API and checks a SHA-256 checksum before installing it.
Evidence against
- The package ships native CLI binaries and includes code that downloads and installs CLI builds; these actions serve its CLI purpose.
- The repo-move skill can transfer repository data and conversation history to a cloud box, including some committed or unignored secrets, but describes the transfer and calls for informing the user first.
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 8919040
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 unpkgbin/instabox.mjsView file
Findings
1 High5 Medium6 Low
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltabin/instabox.mjs
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
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.47.
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