instabox@0.8.50
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 manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the flagged downloads and migration scripts run through user-invoked commands. Runtime telemetry is disclosed, limited to usage and runtime facts, and can be disabled.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user invokes the CLI or onboarding command; telemetry runs during onboarding after sign-in.
Impact
Normal service requests and aggregate usage reporting; no unauthorized credential transfer or unrelated account action was found.
Mechanism
The CLI communicates with the instabox service, may fetch its CLI installer when no CLI is available, and sends disclosed usage telemetry with an opt-out.
AI rationale
The manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the flagged downloads and migration scripts run through user-invoked commands. Runtime telemetry is disclosed, limited to usage and runtime facts, and can be disabled.
Evidence
package.jsonbin/instabox.mjslib/cli.mjslib/telemetry.mjsskills/instabox-move-repo/SKILL.mdskills/instabox-move-repo/scripts/deps.sh
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 95.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; its scripts include a prepack hook.
- Telemetry is disclosed, can be disabled, and reports command outcomes and runtime details without command arguments.
- Telemetry is sent only for an authenticated account to the configured default instabox server, and the event payload contains onboarding outcomes and platform/runtime facts.
- The CLI installer is reached from the command dispatcher when the user invokes a CLI command and no bundled or installed CLI is available.
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 = 8923136
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 Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.50.
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