gallery-dl-studio

maintainer AndrewImm · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The npx commands (vite, electron-builder) are used to build the project from its own source code, which is downloaded from the project's official GitHub repository; this is normal for building Electron apps and does not execute arbitrary 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 95%): The npx commands (vite, electron-builder) are used to build the project from its own source code, which is downloaded from the project's official GitHub repository; this is normal for building Electron apps and does not execute arbitrary 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1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:34 npx vite build
PKGBUILD:39 npx electron-builder --linux dir --x64

PKGBUILD

2 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: AndrewImm-OP <bessmertnyja89@gmail.com>
    
      2pkgname=gallery-dl-studio
    
      3pkgver=9.93.0
    
      4pkgrel=1
    
      5pkgdesc="Beautiful GUI for gallery-dl - download images and media from 180+ sites"
    
      6arch=('x86_64')
    
      7url="https://github.com/AndrewImm-OP/gallery-dl-studio"
    
      8license=('MIT')
    
      9depends=('gtk3' 'nss' 'libxss' 'libnotify' 'alsa-lib' 'libsecret')
    
      10optdepends=(
    
      11    'gallery-dl: image gallery downloader backend'
    
      12    'yt-dlp: video downloader backend'
    
      13)
    
      14makedepends=('nodejs>=18' 'npm')
    
      15options=(!strip !debug)
    
      16source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::$url/archive/refs/tags/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
    
      17        "$pkgname.desktop"
    
      18        "$pkgname.sh")
    
      19sha256sums=('1de794131c1347158d97c3f81bdb17db6df59e7353164f303ca980b2aa9a7393'
    
      20            'SKIP'
    
      21            'SKIP')
    
      22
    
      23prepare() {
    
      24    cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
    
      25    # Use a project-local npm cache and disable network during pacman
    
      26    # post-install (electron postinstall sometimes wants to download
    
      27    # binaries; we keep it offline-friendly by using cached deps).
    
      28    npm install --no-audit --no-fund
    
      29}
    
      30
    
      31build() {
    
      32    cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
    
      33    # Build the renderer bundle and the electron main/preload.
    
      34    npx vite build
    
      35
    
      36    # Package the unpacked Linux app via electron-builder. We only need
    
      37    # `dir` target — actual install layout is provided by this PKGBUILD,
    
      38    # not by a .deb/.AppImage.
    
      39    npx electron-builder --linux dir --x64
    
      40}
    
      41
    
      42package() {
    
      43    cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
    
      44
    
      45    # 1. Application files -> /opt/gallery-dl-studio
    
      46    install -dm755 "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname"
    
      47    cp -r release/linux-unpacked/. "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/"
    
      48
    
      49    # The chrome-sandbox helper must be SUID root for non-Chrome users
    
      50    # who don't have user namespaces enabled.
    
      51    if [ -f "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/chrome-sandbox" ]; then
    
      52        chmod 4755 "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/chrome-sandbox"
    
      53    fi
    
      54
    
      55    # 2. Launcher in /usr/bin
    
      56    install -Dm755 "$srcdir/$pkgname.sh" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/$pkgname"
    
      57
    
      58    # 3. Desktop entry
    
      59    install -Dm644 "$srcdir/$pkgname.desktop" \
    
      60        "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/$pkgname.desktop"
    
      61
    
      62    # 4. Icons (multiple sizes for hicolor theme)
    
      63    for size in 16 32 48 64 128 256 512; do
    
      64        install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${size}x${size}/apps"
    
      65    done
    
      66    # The single-source 512px PNG is enough; gtk-update-icon-cache will use it.
    
      67    install -Dm644 "resources/icon.png" \
    
      68        "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/$pkgname.png"
    
      69
    
      70    # 5. License (best-effort)
    
      71    if [ -f LICENSE ]; then
    
      72        install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
    
      73    fi
    
      74}
    
      75

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Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-08-03 00:08:14	LOW	2
2026-08-02 00:16:08	LOW	2
2026-08-01 00:11:18	LOW	2
2026-07-31 00:14:10	LOW	2
2026-07-30 00:17:23	LOW	2
2026-07-29 00:25:53	LOW	2
2026-07-28 00:07:28	LOW	2
2026-07-27 00:24:32	LOW	2
2026-07-26 00:07:32	LOW	2
2026-07-25 00:13:44	LOW	2
2026-07-24 00:02:28	LOW	2
2026-07-23 00:14:47	LOW	2
2026-07-22 00:29:32	LOW	2
2026-07-21 00:24:15	LOW	2
2026-07-20 00:19:49	LOW	2
2026-07-19 00:17:08	LOW	2
2026-07-18 00:14:48	LOW	2
2026-07-17 00:06:16	LOW	2
2026-07-16 00:05:41	LOW	2
2026-07-15 00:09:25	LOW	2