instabox@0.8.67
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 hooks, and its network and file operations support its stated CLI and agent-skill functions. Its runtime usage telemetry is disclosed, limited to command outcomes and product/runtime details, and can be disabled.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The CLI runs when the user invokes it; onboarding and skills installation are explicit CLI actions, and there are no npm lifecycle hooks.
Impact
Expected service communication and user-level skill/configuration writes; no automatic credential theft, unrelated account action, or concealed payload execution was identified.
Mechanism
The CLI communicates with the Instabox API and sends disclosed onboarding usage events to PostHog; telemetry can be disabled with the documented flags.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hooks, and its network and file operations support its stated CLI and agent-skill functions. Its runtime usage telemetry is disclosed, limited to command outcomes and product/runtime details, and can be disabled.
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 93.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest defines a CLI entry point and has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook.
- Onboarding telemetry reports command outcomes and product/runtime details, and the notice says it never sends arguments.
- Telemetry is disabled when either opt-out flag is set and only sends for the default Instabox server.
- Skills are installed by the onboarding flow into agent skill directories, matching the package’s stated purpose.
Evidence against
- The CLI signs in to Instabox and contacts its API as part of its cloud-box functionality.
- The move-repo skill describes dependency installation and repository transfer, which can run project-controlled commands when the user follows its steps.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 8969216
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@0.8.67.
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