instabox@0.8.92
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 hook, and its network and filesystem actions are tied to user-invoked CLI workflows. Its disclosed, disableable telemetry reports limited usage and runtime metadata.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
User runs the CLI; onboarding and skill installation occur through its documented commands.
Impact
No unauthorized credential transfer, account action, or unrelated install-time behavior was found.
Mechanism
The CLI authenticates to its configured Instabox service. Onboarding sends limited usage telemetry to PostHog unless telemetry is disabled.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install hook, and its network and filesystem actions are tied to user-invoked CLI workflows. Its disclosed, disableable telemetry reports limited usage and runtime metadata.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.json~/.claude/skills~/.agents/skills~/.gemini/config/skills
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
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, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its scripts are prepack, test, and formatting commands.
- Telemetry is limited to command names and outcomes, is disclosed, and can be disabled with INSTABOX_NO_TELEMETRY or DO_NOT_TRACK.
- The onboarding telemetry payload contains outcome and runtime metadata; it does not include command arguments, paths, or file contents.
- The API client sends session credentials to its configured service, which defaults to api.instabox.sh.
Evidence against
- The CLI makes network requests to api.instabox.sh and us.i.posthog.com.
- An onboarding command can install the CLI and copy this package's own agent skills to user-level agent skill folders.
- The package includes native CLI binaries whose behavior is not fully readable from the supplied binary views.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedcli/instabox-windows-arm64.exeView file
•path = cli/instabox-windows-arm64.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 9009152
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@0.8.92.
See all versions of instabox for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of instabox@0.8.92 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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