boson-git

LOW

maintainer zxp19821005 0 votes scanned 2026-11-01 00:21:48.120785

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Why flagged

The /dev/tcp usage is in a timeout command for connectivity checking to registry.npmjs.org, part of a legitimate mirror auto-selection routine; it does not execute remote code or exfiltrate data.

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-2507) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The /dev/tcp usage is in a timeout command for connectivity checking to registry.npmjs.org, part of a legitimate mirror auto-selection routine; it does not execute remote code or exfiltrate data.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

Medium bash /dev/tcp network channel bash_network_backdoor

Uses bash's /dev/tcp or /dev/udp pseudo-device to open a raw network connection — essentially never legitimate in a PKGBUILD and a common reverse-shell / remote-fetch primitive.

PKGBUILD:71 if ! timeout 3 bash -c 'exec 3<>/dev/tcp/registry.npmjs.org/443' 2>/dev/null; then

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
    
      2pkgname=boson-git
    
      3pkgver=0.7.0.r0.g6462fa7
    
      4_electronversion=41
    
      5_nodeversion=24
    
      6pkgrel=1
    
      7pkgdesc="SDSS observer graphical interface."
    
      8arch=('any')
    
      9url="https://albireox.github.io/boson/"
    
      10_ghurl="https://github.com/albireox/boson"
    
      11license=('BSD-3-Clause')
    
      12conflicts=("${pkgname%-git}")
    
      13provides=("${pkgname%-git}=${pkgver%.r*}")
    
      14depends=(
    
  "electron${_electronversion}"
    
      16)
    
      17makedepends=(
    
  'npm'
    
  'yarn'
    
  'git'
    
  'nvm'
    
  'gendesk'
    
  'curl'
    
  'jq'
    
  'zip'
    
      26)
    
      27source=(
    
  "${pkgname//-/.}::git+${_ghurl}.git"
    
  "${pkgname%-git}.sh"
    
      30)
    
      31sha256sums=('SKIP'
    
          'a774c2f54fbbeeaac3cefc0f7250796d30c86d27f0fd40b7eaf9c0fdb021623d')
    
      33pkgver() {
    
  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}"
    
  set -o pipefail
    
  git describe --long --tags --abbrev=7 | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g;s/v//g' ||
    
  printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)"
    
      38}
    
      39_ensure_local_nvm() {
    
  local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
    
  source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
    
  nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
    
  nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
    
      44}
    
      45_get_app_dir() {
    
  find "${srcdir}" -type f -name "resources.pak" -exec dirname {} + | head -n 1
    
      47}
    
      48_set_build_env() {
    
export ELECTRON_DIST="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
    
export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
    
export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=4096"
    
export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
    
export HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
    
export npm_config_platform=linux
    
export npm_config_arch="${CARCH}"
    
mkdir -p "${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
    
export NODE_ENV=production
    
export YARN_CACHE_FOLDER="${srcdir}/.yarn/cache"
    
export YARN_NODE_LINKER=node-modules
    
local mirror_mode="${USE_CHINA_MIRROR:-auto}"
    
case "${mirror_mode}" in
    
1)
    
	echo "==> USE_CHINA_MIRROR=1: Enforce npmmirror" >&2
    
	_apply_china_mirror
    
	;;
    
0)
    
	echo "==> USE_CHINA_MIRROR=0: Enforce upstream registry" >&2
    
	;;
    
auto)
    
	echo "==> Auto checking registry.npmjs.org connectivity..." >&2
    
	if ! timeout 3 bash -c 'exec 3<>/dev/tcp/registry.npmjs.org/443' 2>/dev/null; then
    
		echo "==> Cannot connect upstream npm, switching to npmmirror" >&2
    
		_apply_china_mirror
    
	else
    
		echo "==> Upstream npm reachable, keep original registry" >&2
    
	fi
    
	;;
    
*)
    
	echo "==> Invalid USE_CHINA_MIRROR value, fallback to upstream" >&2
    
	;;
    
esac
    
      82}
    
      83_apply_china_mirror() {
    
export YARN_NPM_REGISTRY_SERVER="https://registry.npmmirror.com"
    
export ELECTRON_MIRROR="https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/"
    
export ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_MIRROR="https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/"
    
export NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR="https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node"
    
      88}
    
      89_use_new_yarn() {
    
_yarnver=`grep "yarn@" package.json | awk '{print $2}' | sed "s/\"//g;s/yarn@//g;s/,//g"`
    
corepack enable
    
corepack prepare yarn@"${_yarnver}" --activate
    
      93}
    
      94_use_local_electron_for_forge() {
    
local _v="${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}"
    
local _zd="${srcdir}/electron-zips"
    
case "${CARCH}" in
    
aarch64)	_arch=arm64	;;
    
x86_64)	_arch=x64	;;
    
esac
    
local _zf="${_zd}/electron-v${_v}-linux-${_arch}.zip"
    
install -Dm755 -d "${_zd}"
    
( cd "${ELECTRON_DIST}" && zip -r -q -0 "${_zf}" . )
    
sed -i "/packagerConfig:[[:space:]]*{/a\\    electronZipDir: '${_zd}'," forge.config.*
    
      105}
    
      106_get_electron_version() {
    
  _elec_ver=$(find "${srcdir}" -maxdepth 5 -name "package.json" ! -path "*/node_modules/*" \
    
      -exec grep -l '"electron"' {} + | xargs -I{} jq -r '(.devDependencies.electron // .dependencies.electron) // empty' {} 2>/dev/null | head -1)
    
  [[ -z "${_elec_ver}" ]] && return 1
    
  echo -e "The electron version is: \033[1;31m${_elec_ver%%.*}\033[0m"
    
      111}
    
      112prepare() {
    
  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}"
    
  _get_electron_version
    
  sed -i -e "
    
      s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
    
      s/@appname@/${pkgname%-git}/g
    
      s/@runname@/app.asar/g
    
      s/@cfgdirname@/${pkgname%-git}/g
    
  " -i "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.sh"
    
  gendesk -q -f -n \
    
      --pkgname="${pkgname%-git}" \
    
      --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
    
      --categories="Development" \
    
      --name="${pkgname%-git}" \
    
      --exec="${pkgname%-git} %U"
    
  _set_build_env
    
  _ensure_local_nvm
    
  sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
    
  _use_new_yarn
    
  NODE_ENV=development    yarn install
    
  _use_local_electron_for_forge
    
      133}
    
      134build() {
    
  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}"
    
  _set_build_env
    
  _ensure_local_nvm
    
  NODE_ENV=production     yarn run package
    
      139}
    
      140package() {
    
  install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-git}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname%-git}"
    
  install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname%-git}"
    
  local _app_dir=$(_get_app_dir)
    
  cp -a "${_app_dir}/resources/"* "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname%-git}/"
    
  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}/public/icon.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname%-git}.png"
    
  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}/${pkgname%-git}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
    
  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname//-/.}/package.json" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
    
      148}
    
      149

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