freeshow-git

LOW

maintainer Jorgen_10 1 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The npx command runs electron-builder on the locally checked-out project source, which is a standard part of building an Electron app; this is not executing arbitrary remote code but rather a normal build step for the project being packaged.

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 runs electron-builder on the locally checked-out project source, which is a standard part of building an Electron app; this is not executing arbitrary remote code but rather a normal build step for the project being packaged.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:37 npx electron-builder --config config/building/electron-builder.yaml --publish never --linux dir

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: Jørgen Stråbø <aur@jorgen-10.no>
    
      2pkgname='freeshow-git'
    
      3pkgver='1.6.0.beta.1.r0.ga973aac'
    
      4pkgrel='1'
    
      5pkgdesc="A software with a friendly interface and powerful features for making slideshows"
    
      6arch=('x86_64')
    
      7provides=('freeshow')
    
      8conflicts=('freeshow-electron-bin' 'freeshow-bin' 'freeshow')
    
      9url="https://github.com/ChurchApps/FreeShow"
    
      10options=('!debug' '!strip')
    
      11license=('GPL-3.0-or-later')
    
      12depends=('alsa-lib' 'at-spi2-core' 'cairo' 'dbus' 'expat' 'gcc-libs' 'glib2' 'glibc' 'gtk3' 'libcups' 'libdrm' 'libx11' 'libxcb' 'libxcomposite' 'libxdamage' 'libxext' 'libxfixes' 'libxkbcommon' 'libxrandr' 'mesa' 'nspr' 'nss' 'pango')
    
      13makedepends=('npm' 'fakeroot' 'git' 'python')
    
      14source=("$pkgname::git+https://github.com/ChurchApps/FreeShow.git" "freeshow.desktop" "freeshow")
    
      15sha256sums=('SKIP' '5f141e1d28ec7b2ddfed43855a7d3cceca6b710887fbecc0fbfea1e56f9f05f5' '622f64c95c31f467fc7fcd63c13f1afe149506a14c9a9a810a52b758a9f04968' )
    
      16
    
      17pkgver() {
    
      18  cd "$pkgname"
    
      19  # cutting off 'v' prefix that presents in the git tag
    
      20  git describe --long --tags --abbrev=7 | sed 's/^v//;s/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
    
      21}
    
      22
    
      23# Build Process
    
      24prepare() {
    
      25  cd "$pkgname"
    
      26
    
      27# Install node packages
    
      28  npm install --cache "${srcdir}/npm-cache" 
    
      29}
    
      30
    
      31build() {
    
      32  cd "$pkgname"
    
      33
    
      34  # runs build
    
      35  npm run build
    
      36  # Ensures that Appimage and .deb package isnt built (also avoids github releases)
    
      37  npx electron-builder --config config/building/electron-builder.yaml --publish never --linux dir
    
      38}
    
      39
    
      40package() {
    
      41  cd "$pkgname"
    
      42  # Installation directory
    
      43  install -dm755 "$pkgdir/opt/freeshow"
    
      44  # Copy the contents of dist (from build) into /opt/freeshow
    
      45  mv "$srcdir/$pkgname/dist/linux-unpacked/"* "$pkgdir/opt/freeshow/"
    
      46  # Empties out the node_modules directory due to errors from /build/freeshow-git/src/freeshow-git/node_modules/@napi-rs/canvas-android-arm64 during rebuilds
    
      47  rm -rf "$srcdir/$pkgname/node_modules"
    
      48
    
      49  # Install the freeshow executable to /usr/bin
    
      50  install -Dm755 "../freeshow" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/freeshow"
    
      51
    
      52  # Install the license
    
      53  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/$pkgname/LICENSE" "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/freeshow/LICENSE"
    
      54
    
      55  # Install the .desktop file for launcher integration (if you have one)
    
      56  install -Dm644 "../freeshow.desktop" "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/freeshow.desktop"
    
      57
    
      58  # Install application icon
    
      59  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/$pkgname/src/server/icon.png" "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/freeshow.png"
    
      60}
    
      61

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