ffbox
The flagged pattern involves a pnpm install of a declared development dependency (pkg) during prepare(), which is part of building the project from source; the package uses a legitimate mirror for npm dependencies and builds against system electron, posing no remote code execution or supply-chain risk.
Triggered rules
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 flagged pattern involves a pnpm install of a declared development dependency (pkg) during prepare(), which is part of building the project from source; the package uses a legitimate mirror for npm dependencies and builds against system electron, posing no remote code execution or supply-chain risk.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
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.
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PKGBUILD:87
NODE_ENV=development pnpm add -D pkg
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
pkgname=ffbox
_pkgname=FFBox
pkgver=5.4
_electronversion=24
_nodeversion=18
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="An user-friendly ffmpeg GUI.(Use system-wide electron)一个多媒体转码百宝箱/一个 FFmpeg 的套壳"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://github.com/ttqftech/FFBox"
license=('LicenseRef-custom')
conflicts=("${pkgname}")
depends=(
"electron${_electronversion}"
'ffmpeg'
)
makedepends=(
'gendesk'
'npm'
'nvm'
'curl'
'git'
'jq'
)
source=(
"${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+${url}#tag=v${pkgver}"
"${pkgname}.sh"
)
sha256sums=('7a16a065d0aa972d56bb5d8700c001d915c2cf32472722a3f16fe1572135da82'
'a774c2f54fbbeeaac3cefc0f7250796d30c86d27f0fd40b7eaf9c0fdb021623d')
_ensure_local_nvm() {
local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
}
_get_electron_version() {
_elec_ver=$(find "${srcdir}" -maxdepth 3 -name "package.json" ! -name "node_modules" \
-exec jq -r '.devDependencies.electron // empty' {} + 2>/dev/null | grep -v "^$" | head -n 1)
_elec_ver=$(echo "${_elec_ver}" | sed 's/[^0-9.]//g')
_main_ver=$(echo "${_elec_ver}" | cut -d. -f1)
echo -e "The electron version is: \033[1;31m${_main_ver}\033[0m"
}
prepare() {
cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
_get_electron_version
sed -i -e "
s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
s/@appname@/${pkgname}/g
s/@runname@/app/g
s/@cfgdirname@/${_pkgname}/g
s/@options@//g
" "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh"
gendesk -f -n -q \
--pkgname="${pkgname}" \
--pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
--categories="AudioVideo" \
--name="${_pkgname}" \
--exec="${pkgname} %U"
export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
{
export PNPM_LINK_WORKSPACE_PACKAGES=true
export PNPM_FETCH_RETRY_MAXTIMEOUT=10000
export PNPM_CACHE_DIR="${srcdir}/.pnpm_cache"
export PNPM_STORE_DIR="${srcdir}/.pnpm_store"
export PNPM_VIRTUAL_STORE_DIR="${srcdir}/.pnpm_store"
export PNPM_SHAMEFULLY_HOIST=true
export PNPM_VIRTUAL_STORE_DIR_MAX_LENGTH=80
export PNPM_NODE_LINKER=hoisted
export PNPM_NETWORK_CONCURRENCY=32
}
if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
{
export NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY="https://registry.npmmirror.com"
export NPM_CONFIG_ELECTRON_MIRROR="https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/"
export NPM_CONFIG_ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_MIRROR="https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/"
export NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR="https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node"
}
fi
_ensure_local_nvm
sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
sed "s/\.\.\/FFBoxService/\.\/FFBoxService/g" -i src/main/index.ts
find src -type f -exec sed -i "s/process.resourcesPath/\'\/usr\/lib\/${pkgname%-git}\'/g;s/process.execPath/\'\/usr\/lib\/${pkgname%-git}\'/g" {} +
NODE_ENV=development pnpm install
NODE_ENV=development pnpm add -D pkg
}
build() {
cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
local electronDist="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
_ensure_local_nvm
NODE_ENV=production pnpm run build:frontend
NODE_ENV=production pnpm run build:backend
NODE_ENV=production pnpm -c exec "electron-builder --linux dir -c.electronDist=${electronDist} --config electron-builder.json5"
}
package() {
install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
local _app_dir=$(find "${srcdir}" -type f -name "resources.pak" -exec dirname {} + | head -n 1)
cp -a "${_app_dir}/resources/". "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/"
install -Dm755 "${_app_dir}/FFBoxService" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/src/renderer/public/images/icon_256_transparent.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname}.png"
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
}
Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 00:27:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-16 00:03:17 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-15 00:25:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-14 00:27:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-13 00:19:54 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-12 00:25:17 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-11 00:19:22 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-10 00:22:44 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-09 00:04:09 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-08 00:18:08 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-07 00:30:15 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-06 00:17:06 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-05 00:16:27 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-04 00:03:13 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-03 00:15:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-02 00:02:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-01 00:11:19 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-31 00:19:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-30 00:04:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-29 00:29:17 | Low | 2 |