instabox@0.8.65
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 exposes a CLI without an install hook, and the reviewed network activity supports its cloud-box function. Its runtime telemetry is disclosed, limited to command names and outcomes, and has documented opt-out controls.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
User runs the CLI or explicitly invokes a documented migration workflow.
Impact
Expected CLI and migration behavior; no automatic credential exfiltration or unrelated account action was identified.
Mechanism
The CLI contacts its configured Instabox API and sends disclosed command-name and outcome telemetry; migration scripts transfer the selected repository and conversation history to a box.
AI rationale
The manifest exposes a CLI without an install hook, and the reviewed network activity supports its cloud-box function. Its runtime telemetry is disclosed, limited to command names and outcomes, and has documented opt-out controls.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.config/instabox/credentials.json
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
- The manifest describes a cloud-box CLI and exposes bin/instabox.mjs as its command entry point; it declares no install lifecycle hook.
- Telemetry is disclosed as command names and outcomes, never arguments, and users can disable it with INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY or DO_NOT_TRACK.
- Telemetry sends only when using the default Instabox server and can be disabled through the environment.
- The CLI downloads its installer script from the supplied URL and stops if the download fails.
- The Windows CLI download is retrieved from the configured API endpoint and checks for an HTTP error.
Evidence against
- The CLI uses network access for downloads and sends usage telemetry to PostHog during onboarding.
- The migration skill documents copying repository data and conversation history to a cloud box when the user requests the move.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
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/telemetry.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.65.
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