freeshow-git

LOW

maintainer Jorgen_10 1 votes scanned 2026-11-01 00:21:48.120785

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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1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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
2026-11-01 00:21:48	Low	2
2026-10-31 00:07:41	Low	2
2026-10-30 00:29:30	Low	2
2026-10-29 00:13:55	Low	2
2026-10-28 00:06:54	Low	2
2026-10-27 00:23:28	Low	2
2026-10-26 00:12:40	Low	2
2026-10-25 00:20:48	Low	2
2026-10-24 00:14:55	Low	2
2026-10-23 00:02:19	Low	2
2026-10-22 00:13:10	Low	2
2026-10-21 00:12:50	Low	2
2026-10-20 00:10:31	Low	2
2026-10-19 00:03:55	Low	2
2026-10-18 00:06:55	Low	2
2026-10-17 00:21:55	Low	2
2026-10-16 00:12:47	Low	2
2026-10-15 00:28:05	Low	2
2026-10-14 00:06:47	Low	2
2026-10-13 00:23:45	Low	2