instabox@0.8.71
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no install lifecycle hook, and the flagged download and file operations support its CLI and user-invoked skills. Its disclosed runtime telemetry is opt-out and sends command outcomes and runtime metadata, not command arguments or local paths.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
Network and filesystem operations occur when a user runs CLI onboarding, installation, or an agent skill.
Impact
Expected CLI and migration behavior; no unsolicited credential collection or unrelated account actions identified.
Mechanism
The CLI communicates with the configured instabox API, installs its CLI and skills, and may send disclosed, opt-out usage telemetry to PostHog.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hook, and the flagged download and file operations support its CLI and user-invoked skills. Its disclosed runtime telemetry is opt-out and sends command outcomes and runtime metadata, not command arguments or local paths.
Evidence
~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skillsuser-selected CLI install directory
Network endpoints6
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.commise.runraw.githubusercontent.combun.shgo.dev
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 declares no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its listed scripts are for packing, testing, and formatting.
- The executable dispatches commands explicitly, and its CLI install path downloads from the configured instabox API.
- Onboarding telemetry is disclosed, can be disabled, and reports command outcomes and runtime fields without command arguments.
- Telemetry is sent only when enabled for the default instabox server and uses an account user ID.
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 = 8978944
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@0.8.71.
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