instabox@0.8.72
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 inspected behavior matches the package's stated cloud CLI and agent-skill purpose, with no install hook or concrete attack behavior found. Its disclosed runtime telemetry has an opt-out; the bundled native CLI artifacts are expected product files, although most binary views were limited or unsupported.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The user invokes the CLI; onboarding telemetry runs after sign-in, unless disabled.
Impact
Observed network and file operations support the package's stated purpose; no automatic credential exfiltration or unrelated account action was found.
Mechanism
The CLI contacts the instabox API for its service operations and sends limited usage events to PostHog. Agent skills are copied into user-level skill directories.
AI rationale
The inspected behavior matches the package's stated cloud CLI and agent-skill purpose, with no install hook or concrete attack behavior found. Its disclosed runtime telemetry has an opt-out; the bundled native CLI artifacts are expected product files, although most binary views were limited or unsupported.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills/~/.agents/skills/
Network endpoints4
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.commise.runraw.githubusercontent.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 92.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest defines only a prepack build step and development scripts; it has no install lifecycle hook.
- The package describes itself as the instabox cloud CLI and agent skills, and its skills module says skill copying does not sign in or contact the network.
- The CLI discloses usage telemetry and offers INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY=1 or DO_NOT_TRACK=1 to disable it.
- The onboarding telemetry reports outcomes and mode/runtime properties, and uses the instabox account's service-assigned user ID.
- The CLI installer downloads the instabox installer from the configured API; the source says the URL is an argument rather than script text.
Evidence against
- Telemetry is sent to PostHog, but the package discloses it, provides an opt-out, and the reported properties do not include command arguments, names, or paths.
- The package ships updated native CLI binaries; their presence matches the package's stated CLI purpose, though most binary views are limited or unsupported.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVars
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 8979968
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/skills.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.72.
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