instabox@0.8.75
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 npm install lifecycle hook. Its runtime network behavior supports the instabox service and disclosed, opt-out usage telemetry; the flagged download and setup helpers belong to documented user-directed CLI or skill workflows.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
User runs the CLI or invokes one of its documented skill workflows.
Impact
No source evidence of credential theft, unauthorized account actions, or other attack behavior.
Mechanism
The CLI authenticates to the configured instabox API and sends disclosed, opt-out usage telemetry to PostHog during onboarding. Skill scripts that install runtimes or move repository and conversation data run as part of user-directed workflows.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install lifecycle hook. Its runtime network behavior supports the instabox service and disclosed, opt-out usage telemetry; the flagged download and setup helpers belong to documented user-directed CLI or skill workflows.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills/~/.agents/skills/
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com/batch/
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 95.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The package declares no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its npm scripts are for packaging, tests, and formatting.
- Telemetry is disclosed as command names and outcomes, never arguments, and can be disabled with INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY or DO_NOT_TRACK.
- Onboarding telemetry records an outcome and package/runtime details, and the source says it never includes names, paths, or messages.
- The CLI sends its bearer token through the instabox API client; the default API host is api.instabox.sh, with alternate API URLs supplied through explicit environment settings.
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 = 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 Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.75.
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