instabox@0.8.51
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 has no install lifecycle hook, and its network and file operations support the documented Instabox CLI and user-directed migration features. Its limited onboarding telemetry is disclosed, opt-out, and sent to PostHog.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the instabox CLI; repo transfer and dependency setup are described as steps in a user-directed migration workflow.
Impact
Expected cloud-box onboarding and management; no unauthorized collection or account action was identified.
Mechanism
The CLI authenticates with the configured Instabox API, installs the packaged CLI and skills, and reports limited onboarding telemetry to PostHog when enabled.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hook, and its network and file operations support the documented Instabox CLI and user-directed migration features. Its limited onboarding telemetry is disclosed, opt-out, and sent to PostHog.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills/~/.agents/skills/
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
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 hook; the executable is a CLI with no package main or exports entry.
- The CLI discloses usage telemetry and provides INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY and DO_NOT_TRACK opt-outs.
- Telemetry is limited to onboarding outcome and basic runtime details, and is sent to PostHog only for the default Instabox server when telemetry is enabled.
- The API client sends credentials to the configured Instabox API server as part of the package’s sign-in and cloud-box purpose.
- The repo migration skill describes a user-directed workflow and identifies repository data and embedded remote tokens that may be copied.
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 = 8930304
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@0.8.51.
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