instabox@0.8.63
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 reviewed credential flow sends tokens to the configured instabox service. Onboarding telemetry is disclosed, limited to usage data, and can be disabled; the routed download and migration operations belong to user-invoked workflows.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
Network and filesystem operations occur when a user invokes the CLI or explicitly runs a skill workflow; there is no install lifecycle hook.
Impact
No malicious or undisclosed collection or account action was found in the reviewed source.
Mechanism
The CLI sends credentials to the configured instabox API. Disclosed onboarding usage events go to PostHog only with the default API configuration, and can be disabled with environment variables.
AI rationale
The manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the reviewed credential flow sends tokens to the configured instabox service. Onboarding telemetry is disclosed, limited to usage data, and can be disabled; the routed download and migration operations belong to user-invoked workflows.
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 93.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json declares no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its scripts are prepack, test, and formatting commands.
- The API client sends bearer tokens with requests to the configured instabox server.
- Onboarding telemetry is described as command names and outcomes, never arguments, and documents environment variables to disable it.
- Telemetry is sent only when the configured server is the default instabox API and telemetry has not been disabled.
Evidence against
- The package ships native CLI binaries and can download the CLI from its configured server when a user runs a command that needs it.
- The migration skill describes copying conversation history and installing project dependencies as part of a user-directed migration workflow.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 8968192
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/api.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
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