bitburner

maintainer daanjo3 · 4 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The npm install and npx commands are used to build the project from its own source code, not to execute arbitrary remote code; the source is a tagged git repository of the official project, making this a normal and safe AUR packaging practice.

Triggered rules

LOW AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-07-25) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The npm install and npx commands are used to build the project from its own source code, not to execute arbitrary remote code; the source is a tagged git repository of the official project, making this a normal and safe AUR packaging practice.

2 higher static findings superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

MEDIUM npm/yarn/pnpm install of an undeclared external package npm_install_external

Runs `npm/yarn/pnpm install <package>` for a package not in source=(), pulling unpinned, unreviewed code at build time. Severity downgraded: the package declares/looks like a Node.js consumer, where build-time installs are expected.

PKGBUILD:25 npm install -C electron

MEDIUM npx/bunx/deno executes a remote package remote_code_tool

`npx`/`bunx`/`pnpm dlx`/`deno run <url>` downloads AND runs a remote package at build time — the moral equivalent of piping a download into a shell. Severity downgraded: Node.js consumer context.

PKGBUILD:29 npx electron-packager .package bitburner --out .build --overwrite --icon .package/icon.png

PKGBUILD

2 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Konsonanz <maximilian.lehmann@protonmail.com>
    
      2pkgname=bitburner
    
      3pkgver=2.8.1
    
      4pkgrel=4
    
      5pkgdesc="Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game"
    
      6arch=('x86_64')
    
      7url="https://github.com/bitburner-official/bitburner-src"
    
      8license=('Apache')
    
      9depends=('electron')
    
      10makedepends=('git' 'npm')
    
      11optdepends=('steam: achievement support'
    
      12            'steam-native-runtime: achievement support')
    
      13source=("git+$url#tag=v$pkgver"
    
      14        "bitburner.desktop")
    
      15sha256sums=('SKIP'
    
      16            '67afcadd5c5d826303611ad579f7dbbad9446d7ca684ee647ec2242402b361f3')
    
      17
    
      18build() {
    
      19    cd "bitburner-src"
    
      20
    
      21    # Cannot use ./tools/package-electron.sh here since it builds for
    
      22    # all targets and archs; no linux-only support yet (again)
    
      23    mkdir .package
    
      24    npm install
    
      25    npm install -C electron
    
      26    npm run build
    
      27    cp -r .app/* electron/* .package
    
      28
    
      29    npx electron-packager .package bitburner --out .build --overwrite --icon .package/icon.png
    
      30}
    
      31
    
      32package() {
    
      33    install -dm755 "$pkgdir"/{opt,usr/bin}
    
      34    cp -dr --no-preserve='ownership' "bitburner-src/.build/bitburner-linux-x64" "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname"
    
      35    chmod 755 "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname"
    
      36    ln -s "/opt/$pkgname/resources/app/steam_appid.txt" "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/steam_appid.txt"
    
      37    ln -s "/opt/$pkgname/$pkgname" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/$pkgname"
    
      38
    
      39    install -Dm644 "bitburner-src/assets/Steam/logo.svg" "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/$pkgname.svg"
    
      40    install -Dm644 bitburner.desktop "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/$pkgname.desktop"
    
      41}
    
      42

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2026-08-03 00:08:14	LOW	3
2026-08-02 00:16:08	LOW	3
2026-08-01 00:11:18	LOW	3
2026-07-31 00:14:10	LOW	3
2026-07-30 00:17:23	LOW	3
2026-07-29 00:25:53	LOW	3
2026-07-28 00:07:28	LOW	3
2026-07-27 00:24:32	LOW	3
2026-07-26 00:07:32	LOW	3
2026-07-25 00:13:44	LOW	3
2026-07-24 00:02:28	LOW	3
2026-07-23 00:14:47	LOW	3
2026-07-22 00:29:32	LOW	3
2026-07-21 00:24:15	LOW	3
2026-07-20 00:19:49	LOW	3
2026-07-19 00:17:08	LOW	3
2026-07-18 00:14:48	LOW	3
2026-07-17 00:06:16	LOW	3
2026-07-16 00:05:41	LOW	3
2026-07-15 00:09:25	LOW	3