instabox@0.8.73
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-time lifecycle hook, and the reviewed network behavior is tied to its cloud CLI, disclosed usage telemetry, or documented user-invoked workflows. The repo-transfer feature can carry sensitive committed content, but its documentation describes that behavior and warns users about it.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The CLI runs when a user invokes it; onboarding, telemetry, skill installation, and repo transfer occur through their respective CLI workflows.
Impact
Expected operation is cloud box management and optional repository transfer; no automatic credential theft, unrelated account action, or install-time data collection was found.
Mechanism
The CLI authenticates to the instabox API, sends limited usage events to PostHog with an opt-out, and verifies downloaded Windows CLI binaries. The repo-move skill documents that user-requested transfers can include committed secrets and repository history.
AI rationale
The package has no install-time lifecycle hook, and the reviewed network behavior is tied to its cloud CLI, disclosed usage telemetry, or documented user-invoked workflows. The repo-transfer feature can carry sensitive committed content, but its documentation describes that behavior and warns users about it.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skills
Network endpoints9
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.commise.runraw.githubusercontent.combun.shastral.shsh.rustup.rsgo.devdeno.land
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest exposes a CLI and has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its only packaging hook is prepack.
- The CLI sends telemetry only after onboarding, and its notice says it reports command names and outcomes, never arguments.
- Telemetry requires an account user ID, uses the default instabox server, and can be disabled with documented environment flags.
- The CLI downloads its Windows binary from the configured instabox API and verifies its SHA-256 before installing it.
- The repo-move skill warns that committed secrets, token-bearing Git remotes, and conversation history may be copied to the cloud box.
Evidence against
- The package includes native CLI binaries whose complete behavior was not established by the available static inspection.
- The repo-move feature can transfer sensitive repository content when a user invokes that workflow. The skill documents this behavior and its risks.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
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/telemetry.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.73.
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