cycode

maintainer zxp19821005 · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
LOW
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Why flagged The npx command is used locally to run electron-packager on the project's own source code after dependencies are installed, which is a standard build step and not an execution of untrusted remote 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 90%): The npx command is used locally to run electron-packager on the project's own source code after dependencies are installed, which is a standard build step and not an execution of untrusted remote code.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
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:87 NODE_ENV=production npx electron-packager . cycode --overwrite --asar=true --platform=linux --arch=x64 --icon=src/img/logo.png --prune=true --out=release-builds --electron-zip-dir="${srcdir}"

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
2pkgname=cycode
3_pkgname=CyCode
4pkgver=2.0.7
5_electronversion=31
6_nodeversion=20
7pkgrel=1
8pkgdesc="A web-based HTML Editor, Markdown Editor, and WYSIWYG Editor,a code editor with a primary focus on web development.(Use system-wide electron)"
9arch=('any')
10url="https://github.com/magayagalabs/CyCode"
11license=('MIT')
12conflicts=("${pkgname}")
13depends=(
14 "electron${_electronversion}"
15)
16makedepends=(
17 'nvm'
18 'npm'
19 'curl'
20 'gendesk'
21 'git'
22 'jq'
23)
24source=(
25 "${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+${url}#tag=v${pkgver}"
26 "${pkgname}.sh"
27)
28sha256sums=('9d267c19126ffbab29516c3a0778ce7bafc3c1de8e30e45e79139bd742b80fc8'
29 '31ad33b633744f5361abd964be306cea53ae1050e760c787115f7eca60045ae6')
30_ensure_local_nvm() {
31 local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
32 source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
33 nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
34 nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
35}
36_get_electron_version() {
37 _elec_ver=$(jq -r '.devDependencies["electron"] // .dependencies["electron"]' "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/package.json" | tr -d '^')
38 _main_ver=$(echo "${_elec_ver}" | cut -d. -f1)
39 echo -e "The electron version is: \033[1;31m${_main_ver}\033[0m"
40}
41prepare() {
42 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
43 sed -i -e "
44 s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
45 s/@appname@/${pkgname}/g
46 s/@runname@/app.asar/g
47 s/@cfgdirname@/${pkgname}/g
48 s/@options@/env ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT=auto/g
49 " "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh"
50 _get_electron_version
51 gendesk -f -n -q \
52 --pkgname="${pkgname}" \
53 --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
54 --categories="Development" \
55 --name="${_pkgname}" \
56 --exec="${pkgname} %U"
57 export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
58 local HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
59 export NPM_CONFIG_CACHE="${srcdir}/.npm_cache"
60 export NPM_CONFIG_MAXSOCKETS=32
61 if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
62 {
63 export NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY="https://registry.npmmirror.com"
64 export NPM_CONFIG_ELECTRON_MIRROR="https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/"
65 export NPM_CONFIG_ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_MIRROR="https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/"
66 }
67 find ./ -type f -name "package-lock.json" -exec sed -i "s/registry.npmjs.org/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
68 fi
69 _ensure_local_nvm
70 sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
71 NODE_ENV=development npm install --leagcy-peer-deps
72}
73build() {
74 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
75 _ensure_local_nvm
76 export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
77 local electronDist="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
78 # 使用系统 Electron,需要先打包成 zip 格式
79 # electron-packager 需要 zip 格式的分发文件,文件名格式: electron-vVERSION-linux-x64.zip
80 local electronZip="${srcdir}/electron-v${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}-linux-x64.zip"
81 if [[ ! -f "${electronZip}" ]]; then
82 msg2 "Creating Electron zip from system installation..."
83 cd "${electronDist}"
84 zip -r -q "${electronZip}" .
85 fi
86 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
87 NODE_ENV=production npx electron-packager . cycode --overwrite --asar=true --platform=linux --arch=x64 --icon=src/img/logo.png --prune=true --out=release-builds --electron-zip-dir="${srcdir}"
88}
89package() {
90 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
91 install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
92 find "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/release-builds/${pkgname}-linux-"*"/resources" -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec install -Dm644 -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}" {} +
93 if find "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/release-builds/${pkgname}-linux-"*"/resources" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | read; then
94 for _subdir in "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/release-builds/${pkgname}-linux-"*"/resources/"*; do
95 if [ -d "${_subdir}" ]; then
96 cp -Pr --no-preserve=ownership "${_subdir}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
97 fi
98 done
99 fi
100 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/src/img/logo.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname}.png"
101 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
102 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
103}

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