instabox@0.8.86
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 exposes an explicitly invoked CLI and has no install lifecycle hook. Its telemetry notice describes the limited data sent, provides an opt-out, and the CLI's download path uses the configured Instabox API.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
CLI onboarding or another user-invoked CLI command; the migration skill runs when selected by the user.
Impact
No unauthorized credential transfer, account action, install-time contact, or unrelated code execution was identified.
Mechanism
Onboarding sends disclosed command-outcome and runtime metadata to PostHog, with an opt-out. CLI downloads are from the configured Instabox API.
AI rationale
The package exposes an explicitly invoked CLI and has no install lifecycle hook. Its telemetry notice describes the limited data sent, provides an opt-out, and the CLI's download path uses the configured Instabox API.
Evidence
package.jsonbin/instabox.mjslib/cli.mjslib/telemetry.mjsskills/instabox-move-repo/SKILL.md
Network endpoints2
us.i.posthog.comapi.instabox.sh
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 has no install lifecycle hook; it exposes an explicit CLI entry point.
- Onboarding telemetry is limited to command outcome and runtime/version flags, and its notice says command arguments are not sent.
- Telemetry has an opt-out and is sent only for the default Instabox server to PostHog.
- The CLI installer fetches the Instabox CLI from the configured API; no unrelated download-and-execute behavior was identified.
Evidence against
- Telemetry is enabled by default and its first-run notice is printed only when stderr is a TTY.
- The package includes a migration skill that can transfer repository files and conversation history when the user invokes it.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 8984064
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@0.8.86.
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