instabox@0.8.88
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 source describes a user-run CLI and its related skills. Its disclosed runtime telemetry is limited to usage details, can be disabled, and the flagged download and dependency helpers are tied to CLI installation or an explicitly invoked migration workflow.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The user runs the CLI or invokes the repository-move skill workflow.
Impact
No malicious impact identified from the reviewed source.
Mechanism
The CLI contacts instabox services and sends disclosed, limited usage telemetry with an opt-out; the move helper installs project runtimes and dependencies when invoked by the workflow.
AI rationale
The source describes a user-run CLI and its related skills. Its disclosed runtime telemetry is limited to usage details, can be disabled, and the flagged download and dependency helpers are tied to CLI installation or an explicitly invoked migration workflow.
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.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 package is a CLI for instabox, exposed through the documented npx command.
- Telemetry is disclosed, can be disabled, and is sent only when an instabox account ID and the default instabox server are present.
- The onboarding event reports command outcome and runtime details; its fields do not include command arguments or names.
- The flagged dependency-install helper is documented as a step in the user-directed repository-move workflow.
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 = 8998400
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
LowAi Review Evidencepackage.json
LowAi Review Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.88.
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