colab-desktop

maintainer mishakmak · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The package builds a desktop wrapper using Electron and nativefier on the user's system from local sources and a legitimate project URL; the non-whitelisted favicon download and runtime npm install of a declared tool (nativefier) pose minimal risk as they are part of the build process and not executed code.

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 package builds a desktop wrapper using Electron and nativefier on the user's system from local sources and a legitimate project URL; the non-whitelisted favicon download and runtime npm install of a declared tool (nativefier) pose minimal risk as they are part of the build process and not executed code.

2 higher static findings superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:24 npm install nativefier

MEDIUM source=() URL on a non-standard host source_untrusted_domain

One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).

PKGBUILD:13 source=('build.js' 'colab-desktop' 'GoogleColab.desktop' 'https://colab.research.google.com/img/favicon.ico')

PKGBUILD

2 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Misha <mishakmak at gmail dot com>
    
      2
    
      3pkgname=colab-desktop
    
      4pkgver=1.0
    
      5pkgrel=2
    
      6pkgdesc="Google Colab desktop webapp wrapper"
    
      7arch=('any')
    
      8url="https://colab.research.google.com/"
    
      9license=('MIT')
    
      10depends=('electron')
    
      11makedepends=('npm' 'icoutils')
    
      12replaces=('colab-chromium-desktop')
    
      13source=('build.js' 'colab-desktop' 'GoogleColab.desktop' 'https://colab.research.google.com/img/favicon.ico')
    
      14sha256sums=('8a248e77ef7a0a6058d45a3b3c3b2e02ae563332d313fbaae2da8e4baf21f33f'
    
      15            'f72bd81379a65d7825fc7a2c5cef141330380b16b1fd3dceefcc50dde812c7f7'
    
      16            '7c5cd5852cc603e45a99cf2e9787a150ec8717b0477ea8d57daa5193a0b79a53'
    
      17            '52232ddc81832d3edc91776ac1bc587fc40c91dc633e00b5f911466ad1c67f3a')
    
      18
    
      19build() {
    
      20    cd "$srcdir"
    
      21    sed -i "s/SYS_ELECTRON_VERS/$(tail /usr/lib/electron/version)/" build.js
    
      22    icotool -x favicon.ico
    
      23    cp favicon_1_128x128x32.png googlecolab.png
    
      24    npm install nativefier
    
      25    node build.js
    
      26}
    
      27
    
      28package() {
    
      29    cd "$srcdir"
    
      30    install -Dm644 GoogleColab-linux-*/resources/app.asar -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/colab-desktop/"
    
      31    install -Dm755 "colab-desktop" -t "$pkgdir/usr/bin/"
    
      32    install -Dm644 "GoogleColab.desktop" -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/"
    
      33    install -Dm644 "favicon_1_128x128x32.png" "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/googlecolab.png"
    
      34    install -Dm644 "favicon_2_32x32x32.png" "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/googlecolab.png"
    
      35    install -Dm644 "favicon_3_16x16x32.png" "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/googlecolab.png"
    
      36}
    
      37

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2026-08-03 00:08:14	LOW	3
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2026-07-18 00:14:48	LOW	3
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