cider-polybar

LOW

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

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Why flagged

The PKGBUILD fetches source from the official upstream GitHub repo via git+https, which is legitimate. The `npm install pkg @types/node --save-dev` step pulls build-time dependencies from the official npm registry — this is a common pattern for TypeScript/Node projects that don't vendor their build tools. While it does introduce npm supply-chain exposure (as any npm-based build does), this is not materially different from any other AUR package that uses npm/yarn during build, and both `pkg` and `@types/node` are well-known, widely-used packages on the official registry. The use of `pkg` to bundle a self-contained binary is a standard Node.js packaging approach. The node12 target is old but not malicious. No unofficial or personal hosts are involved, no obfuscation, no exfiltration. This is sloppy (undeclared npm deps, git+SKIP hash, old node target) but not a genuine supply-chain threat beyond the normal npm ecosystem risk that applies to all Node.js AUR packages.

Triggered rules

Low AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 75%): The PKGBUILD fetches source from the official upstream GitHub repo via git+https, which is legitimate. The `npm install pkg @types/node --save-dev` step pulls build-time dependencies from the official npm registry — this is a common pattern for TypeScript/Node projects that don't vendor their build tools. While it does introduce npm supply-chain exposure (as any npm-based build does), this is not materially different from any other AUR package that uses npm/yarn during build, and both `pkg` and `@types/node` are well-known, widely-used packages on the official registry. The use of `pkg` to bundle a self-contained binary is a standard Node.js packaging approach. The node12 target is old but not malicious. No unofficial or personal hosts are involved, no obfuscation, no exfiltration. This is sloppy (undeclared npm deps, git+SKIP hash, old node target) but not a genuine supply-chain threat beyond the normal npm ecosystem risk that applies to all Node.js AUR packages.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:21 npm install pkg @types/node --save-dev

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Nixuge
    
      2
    
      3pkgname=cider-polybar
    
      4pkgver=1.2.0
    
      5pkgrel=1
    
      6pkgdesc='A PolyBar custom script to interact with Cider - An open-source, community-oriented Apple Music'
    
      7url=https://github.com/tnguye20/cider-polybar
    
      8arch=(x86_64)
    
      9license=(GNU3)
    
      10conflicts=('cider-polybar-bin')
    
      11makedepends=('typescript' 'nodejs' 'npm' 'git')
    
      12options=(!strip)
    
      13source=("git+https://github.com/tnguye20/cider-polybar.git")
    
      14sha256sums=('SKIP')
    
      15_pkgname="cider-polybar"
    
      16
    
      17build() {
    
      18	cd "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}"
    
      19
    
      20	# Install the requirements (pkg & types) to build
    
      21	npm install pkg @types/node --save-dev
    
      22
    
      23	# Compile
    
      24	tsc -p .
    
      25}
    
      26
    
      27package() {
    
      28	cd "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}"
    
      29
    
      30	# Install the License
    
      31	install -Dm644 "LICENSE" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/cider-polybar/LICENSE"
    
      32
    
      33	# Unset the dev tag 
    
      34	unset CIDER_DEV
    
      35
    
      36	# Package with pkg*
    
      37	node node_modules/pkg/lib-es5/bin.js . \
    
      38		--output "${pkgdir}/usr/local/bin/cider-polybar" \
    
      39		--targets node12-linux-x64
    
      40}
    
      41#*Using node12 since for some weird reason pkg
    
      42# doesn't seem to like other versions at all

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-11-01 00:21:48	Low	2
2026-10-31 00:07:41	Low	2
2026-10-30 00:29:30	Low	2
2026-10-29 00:13:55	Low	2
2026-10-28 00:06:54	Low	2
2026-10-27 00:23:28	Low	2
2026-10-26 00:12:40	Low	2
2026-10-25 00:20:48	Low	2
2026-10-24 00:14:55	Low	2
2026-10-23 00:02:19	Low	2
2026-10-22 00:13:10	Low	2
2026-10-21 00:12:50	Low	2
2026-10-20 00:10:31	Low	2
2026-10-19 00:03:55	Low	2
2026-10-18 00:06:55	Low	2
2026-10-17 00:21:55	Low	2
2026-10-16 00:12:47	Low	2
2026-10-15 00:28:05	Low	2
2026-10-14 00:06:47	Low	2
2026-10-13 00:23:45	Low	2