instabox@0.8.60
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 npm install hook, and its network and credential flows are tied to invoking the Instabox CLI and its own configured service. Its default runtime telemetry is disclosed and opt-out capable, and the skill installation and repository transfer are documented product workflows.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The user invokes the npx CLI for onboarding, a CLI command, skill installation, or the documented repo-move workflow.
Impact
Expected cloud-box management, user-level skill setup, and usage analytics; no unsolicited credential theft or other attack behavior was found.
Mechanism
The CLI communicates with the configured Instabox API and uses credentials for that server; onboarding sends usage events to PostHog. Skill installation and repo transfer are part of user-invoked CLI workflows.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install hook, and its network and credential flows are tied to invoking the Instabox CLI and its own configured service. Its default runtime telemetry is disclosed and opt-out capable, and the skill installation and repository transfer are documented product workflows.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills/~/.agents/skills/${INSTABOX_INSTALL_DIR} or the platform-selected CLI install directory
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its scripts are packaging and developer tasks.
- Network activity is driven by the CLI command path, which routes onboarding or explicit CLI arguments.
- The API client sends saved bearer tokens to the configured Instabox server, defaulting to api.instabox.sh.
- Onboarding telemetry reports outcome and runtime metadata with the service-assigned user ID; it does not include command arguments, file contents, or credentials.
- Telemetry can be disabled with DO_NOT_TRACK=1 or INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY=1.
- The CLI installer fetches install.sh from the configured API and runs it as the requested CLI installation flow.
Evidence against
- Onboarding installs the package’s advertised agent skills into user-level skill directories by default, with a --no-skills option.
- The package sends runtime usage telemetry to us.i.posthog.com by default, though it discloses this and provides opt-out variables.
- The repo-move skill describes sending tracked files and Git history to the user’s Instabox box when that workflow is run; it warns that committed credentials may be included.
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 8966144
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/api.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.60.
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