instabox@0.8.94
A cloud box for your coding agent, the instabox CLI and its agent skills in one command: npx instabox@latest
AI Security Review
scanned 4d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no npm install lifecycle hook, and its network, telemetry, skill installation, and project setup behavior is tied to running its CLI or migration scripts. The runtime telemetry is disclosed and includes opt-out controls; the reviewed sources show no concrete attack behavior.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the instabox CLI or explicitly runs the migration skill's scripts; no npm lifecycle hook runs these actions on install.
Impact
No malicious behavior or automatic credential collection was identified.
Mechanism
The CLI contacts the Instabox API and sends disclosed usage telemetry to PostHog with opt-out support. CLI download and project dependency setup are invoked through user-run commands.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install lifecycle hook, and its network, telemetry, skill installation, and project setup behavior is tied to running its CLI or migration scripts. The runtime telemetry is disclosed and includes opt-out controls; the reviewed sources show no concrete attack behavior.
Network endpoints6
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.commise.runraw.githubusercontent.combun.shastral.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, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its scripts are prepack, test, and formatting commands.
- The executable dispatches onboarding or CLI behavior based on the arguments supplied when a user runs it.
- Onboarding telemetry is described as command names and outcomes, never arguments, and has documented opt-out variables.
- The telemetry event reports an outcome and runtime/platform fields, and is sent only after onboarding reaches the reporting path.
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 = 9010688
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@0.8.94.
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