houdunren-camera

maintainer zxp19821005 · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The flagged pattern is `npm add -D vue-tsc@latest typescript@latest` which installs undeclared external packages from npm during prepare(). This is a common pattern in AUR Electron app PKGBUILDs to fix build compatibility issues with the system electron version. The packages (vue-tsc and typescript) are standard, well-known development tools from the npm registry. The PKGBUILD sources from the official GitHub repo with a pinned tag and checksum. The CN mirror detection uses ipinfo.io to switch to npmmirror.com (a legitimate Chinese npm mirror), which is a known pattern in AUR packages targeting Chinese users. No obfuscation, no exfiltration, no payload execution, no unofficial binary downloads. The use of `npm add` for undeclared packages is sloppy packaging practice but not a security risk.

Triggered rules

LOW AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this HIGH, but an AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 85%): The flagged pattern is `npm add -D vue-tsc@latest typescript@latest` which installs undeclared external packages from npm during prepare(). This is a common pattern in AUR Electron app PKGBUILDs to fix build compatibility issues with the system electron version. The packages (vue-tsc and typescript) are standard, well-known development tools from the npm registry. The PKGBUILD sources from the official GitHub repo with a pinned tag and checksum. The CN mirror detection uses ipinfo.io to switch to npmmirror.com (a legitimate Chinese npm mirror), which is a known pattern in AUR packages targeting Chinese users. No obfuscation, no exfiltration, no payload execution, no unofficial binary downloads. The use of `npm add` for undeclared packages is sloppy packaging practice but not a security risk.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

HIGH npm/yarn/pnpm install of an undeclared external package npm_install_external

Runs `npm/yarn/pnpm install <package>` for a package not in source=(), pulling unpinned, unreviewed code at build time.

PKGBUILD:67 NODE_ENV=development npm add -D vue-tsc@latest typescript@latest

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
    
      2_pkgname=camera
    
      3pkgname="houdunren-${_pkgname}"
    
      4pkgver=1.0.83
    
      5_electronversion=25
    
      6_nodeversion=18
    
      7pkgrel=7
    
      8pkgdesc="Desktop camera software that can be used for online live streaming, distance learning, and video conferencing.(Use system-wide electron)桌面摄像头软件，可用于在线直播、远程教学、视频会议"
    
      9arch=('any')
    
      10url="https://www.houdunren.com/"
    
      11_ghurl="https://github.com/houdunwang/camera"
    
      12license=('MIT')
    
      13conflicts=("${pkgname}")
    
      14depends=(
    
      15    "electron${_electronversion}"
    
      16)
    
      17mkdenpends=(
    
      18    'nvm'
    
      19    'gendesk'
    
      20    'npm'
    
      21    'git'
    
      22    'curl'
    
      23)
    
      24source=(
    
      25    "${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+${_ghurl}#tag=v${pkgver}"
    
      26    "${pkgname}.sh"
    
      27)
    
      28sha256sums=('129e314ffebc8c5efbd57b93cf2c4c6c8e9d2027b0df93475de1da78897f0cbe'
    
      29            '291f50480f5a61bc9c68db7d44cd0412071128706baa868a9cb854f8779a1980')
    
      30_ensure_local_nvm() {
    
      31    local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
    
      32    source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
    
      33    nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
    
      34    nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
    
      35}
    
      36prepare() {
    
      37    sed -i -e "
    
      38        s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
    
      39        s/@appname@/${pkgname}/g
    
      40        s/@runname@/app.asar/g
    
      41        s/@cfgdirname@/${_pkgname}/g
    
      42        s/@options@//g
    
      43    " "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh"
    
      44    _ensure_local_nvm
    
      45    gendesk -f -n -q --pkgname="${pkgname}" --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" --categories="Utility" --name="${pkgname}" --exec="${pkgname} %U"
    
      46    cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
    
      47    export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
    
      48    export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
    
      49    HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
    
      50    {
    
      51        echo -e '\n'
    
      52        #echo 'build_from_source=true'
    
      53        echo "cache=${srcdir}/.npm_cache"
    
      54        echo "maxsockets=10"
    
      55    } >> .npmrc
    
      56    if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
    
      57        {
    
      58            echo 'registry=https://registry.npmmirror.com'
    
      59            echo 'electron_mirror=https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/'
    
      60            echo 'electron_builder_binaries_mirror=https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/'
    
      61        } >> .npmrc
    
      62        find ./ -type f -name "package-lock.json" -exec sed -i "s/registry.npmjs.org/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
    
      63    fi
    
      64    sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
    
      65    sed -i "/center: false/d" src/renderer/src/axios.ts
    
      66    NODE_ENV=development    npm install --legacy-peer-deps
    
      67    NODE_ENV=development    npm add -D vue-tsc@latest typescript@latest
    
      68}
    
      69build() {
    
      70    cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
    
      71    local electronDist="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
    
      72    NODE_ENV=production     npm run build
    
      73    NODE_ENV=production     npm exec -c "electron-builder --linux dir -c.electronDist=${electronDist} --config electron-builder.yml"
    
      74}
    
      75package() {
    
      76    install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
    
      77    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/dist/linux-"*/resources/app.asar -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
    
      78    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/dist/linux-"*/resources/app.asar.unpacked/resources/* \
    
      79        -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/app.asar.unpacked/resources"
    
      80    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/icons.iconset/icon_512x512.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname}.png"
    
      81    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
    
      82    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
    
      83}

Scan history

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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