instabox@0.8.95
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 install hook, and the inspected CLI performs network and filesystem actions as part of user-invoked Instabox workflows. Its runtime telemetry is disclosed, excludes command arguments, and can be disabled.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The CLI runs when invoked; onboarding, telemetry, skill installation, and repository migration are reached through user-started commands or instructions.
Impact
No unauthorized credential disclosure, account action, install-time behavior, or unrelated code execution was identified in the inspected source.
Mechanism
The CLI sends authenticated API requests to the configured Instabox server and disclosed usage events to PostHog. The migration skill documents copying selected repository and conversation data to the user's box and warns about possible secrets.
AI rationale
The package has no install hook, and the inspected CLI performs network and filesystem actions as part of user-invoked Instabox workflows. Its runtime telemetry is disclosed, excludes command arguments, and can be disabled.
Evidence
~/.config/instabox/credentials.json~/.config/instabox/telemetry.jsonuser-selected agent skill directoriesuser-selected repository and history staging paths
Network endpoints2
api.instabox.shus.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 89.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its scripts are for packing, tests, and formatting.
- Runtime telemetry is disclosed, has opt-out variables, and reports onboarding outcomes and runtime details rather than command arguments.
- The executable dispatches to onboarding or the CLI based on the command the user runs; installing the CLI occurs on a CLI invocation when no local build is available.
- API credentials are attached as bearer tokens to requests sent to the configured Instabox server; the default server is api.instabox.sh.
- The repository-migration skill warns that copied git configuration or conversation history may contain secrets and describes the move as a user-requested operation.
Evidence against
- The package ships native CLI binaries whose contents were not established from readable source; the JavaScript wrapper selects them as the Instabox CLI and the package includes SHA-256 checksums.
- The migration helper can copy repository state and agent conversation history, including sensitive content, when the user follows the migration instructions.
Behavioral surface
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 Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencebin/instabox.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to instabox@0.8.95.
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