instabox@0.8.79
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 manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the reviewed credential and network flows serve the invoked Instabox CLI. Its usage telemetry is disclosed, excludes command arguments, and has opt-out settings; some native binary behavior could only be inspected in a limited prepared view.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The user invokes the CLI or its onboarding and skills-install commands.
Impact
Normal CLI setup and account operations, plus limited usage analytics; no malicious impact was identified.
Mechanism
The CLI contacts the configured Instabox API for account and box operations, may install its CLI assets, and sends disclosed usage events to PostHog when telemetry is enabled.
AI rationale
The manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the reviewed credential and network flows serve the invoked Instabox CLI. Its usage telemetry is disclosed, excludes command arguments, and has opt-out settings; some native binary behavior could only be inspected in a limited prepared view.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills/~/.agents/skills//usr/local/bin/instabox~/.local/bin/instabox
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 88.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json declares no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; its scripts are prepack, test, and formatting commands.
- The package discloses usage telemetry, says it never sends command arguments, and provides INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY and DO_NOT_TRACK opt-outs.
- Onboarding telemetry reports outcomes and runtime/platform details under the Instabox account’s service-assigned user ID; it is limited to the default Instabox server and sent to PostHog.
- Stored credentials are used only when their saved server matches the configured server, and API requests send them as bearer tokens to that configured server.
- The CLI is installed or updated during an explicit CLI invocation; downloads use the configured Instabox API host, and bundled platform builds are provided with SHA-256 sums.
Evidence against
- The package ships native CLI binaries; prepared analysis of some artifacts was unsupported and the Windows binary view was limited.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 8981504
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@0.8.79.
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