edex-ui

maintainer zxp19821005 · 13 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
LOW
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Why flagged The use of npx to run local build scripts (prebuild-minify.js, electron-builder) is part of the project's normal build process from its own source; no remote code execution or untrusted payloads are involved.

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 use of npx to run local build scripts (prebuild-minify.js, electron-builder) is part of the project's normal build process from its own source; no remote code execution or untrusted payloads are involved.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:83 NODE_ENV=development npx node prebuild-minify.js
  • PKGBUILD:90 NODE_ENV=production npx electron-builder --linux dir -c.electronDist="${electronDist}"

PKGBUILD

2 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
2# Contributor: Lucas Malandrino <lucas.malandrino@gmail.com>
3# Contributor & author of the original software: Gabriel Saillard <gabriel@saillard.dev>
4pkgname=edex-ui
5_pkgname=eDEX-UI
6pkgver=2.2.8
7_electronversion=12
8_nodeversion=14
9pkgrel=3
10pkgdesc="A cross-platform, customizable science fiction terminal emulator with advanced monitoring & touchscreen support.(Use system-wide electron)"
11arch=('any')
12url='https://github.com/GitSquared/edex-ui'
13license=('GPL-3.0-only')
14depends=(
15 "electron${_electronversion}"
16)
17makedepends=(
18 'nvm'
19 'npm'
20 'python2'
21 'rsync'
22 'git'
23 'curl'
24 'gendesk'
25)
26source=(
27 "${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+${url}#tag=v${pkgver}"
28 "${pkgname}.sh"
29)
30sha256sums=('248e3ef1a7823b99e1860979a45ccf0702e60d58dfdfd53701c18916ac90d3ca'
31 '291f50480f5a61bc9c68db7d44cd0412071128706baa868a9cb854f8779a1980')
32_ensure_local_nvm() {
33 local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
34 source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
35 nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
36 nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
37}
38prepare() {
39 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
40 sed -i -e "
41 s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
42 s/@appname@/${pkgname}/g
43 s/@runname@/app.asar/g
44 s/@cfgdirname@/${_pkgname}/g
45 s/@options@//g
46 " "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh"
47 _ensure_local_nvm
48 gendesk -q -f -n \
49 --pkgname="${pkgname}" \
50 --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
51 --categories="System;Utility" \
52 --name="${_pkgname}" \
53 --exec="${pkgname} %U"
54 export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
55 export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
56 export PYTHON="/usr/bin/python2"
57 HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
58 mkdir -p prebuild-src
59 {
60 echo -e '\n'
61 #echo 'build_from_source=true'
62 echo "cache=${srcdir}/.npm_cache"
63 echo "maxsockets=10"
64 } >> .npmrc
65 if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
66 {
67 echo 'registry=https://registry.npmmirror.com'
68 echo 'electron_mirror=https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/'
69 echo 'electron_builder_binaries_mirror=https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/'
70 } >> .npmrc
71 cp .npmrc prebuild-src
72 sed -i -e "
73 s/github.com/github.moeyy.xyz\/https:\/\/github.com/g
74 /danklammer/d
75 " .gitmodules
76 echo " url = https://github.moeyy.xyz/https://github.com/danklammer/bytesize-icons.git" >> .gitmodules
77 find ./ -type f -name "package-lock.json" -exec sed -i "s/registry.npmjs.org/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
78 fi
79 sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
80 git submodule update --depth=1 --init --recursive
81 NODE_ENV=development npm install --legacy-peer-deps
82 rsync -a --info=progress2 src/ prebuild-src --exclude node_modules
83 NODE_ENV=development npx node prebuild-minify.js
84 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/prebuild-src"
85 NODE_ENV=development npm install --legacy-peer-deps
86}
87build() {
88 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
89 local electronDist="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
90 NODE_ENV=production npx electron-builder --linux dir -c.electronDist="${electronDist}"
91}
92package() {
93 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
94 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/dist/linux-"*/resources/app.asar -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
95 _icon_sizes=(16x16 24x24 32x32 48x48 64x64 96x96 128x128 256x256 512x512)
96 for _icons in "${_icon_sizes[@]}";do
97 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/media/linuxIcons/${_icons}.png" \
98 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${_icons}/apps/${pkgname}.png"
99 done
100 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
101 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
102}

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