irccloud-electron-git

LOW

maintainer orphaned 0 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The flagged pattern is `./build-linux.js` being executed in the build() step - this is a Node.js build script from the cloned upstream git repository (github.com/dalinaum/IRCCloud), not an externally downloaded executable. The wget in prepare() downloads a .desktop file from the AUR cgit server (aur.archlinux.org) for the same package, which is a common AUR pattern for companion files. The wget uses `-o` (lowercase) which writes to a log file rather than saving the downloaded content - this is actually a bug (should be `-O`), meaning the .desktop file won't be saved correctly and the install step will likely fail. The build itself uses npm install + a local build script, which is standard Electron packaging. No obfuscation, no exfiltration, no payload execution from an attacker-controlled host. The wget flag from the scanner is a false positive - the source is the official AUR cgit server. The `-o` vs `-O` bug makes this likely broken but not malicious.

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 82%): The flagged pattern is `./build-linux.js` being executed in the build() step - this is a Node.js build script from the cloned upstream git repository (github.com/dalinaum/IRCCloud), not an externally downloaded executable. The wget in prepare() downloads a .desktop file from the AUR cgit server (aur.archlinux.org) for the same package, which is a common AUR pattern for companion files. The wget uses `-o` (lowercase) which writes to a log file rather than saving the downloaded content - this is actually a bug (should be `-O`), meaning the .desktop file won't be saved correctly and the install step will likely fail. The build itself uses npm install + a local build script, which is standard Electron packaging. No obfuscation, no exfiltration, no payload execution from an attacker-controlled host. The wget flag from the scanner is a false positive - the source is the official AUR cgit server. The `-o` vs `-O` bug makes this likely broken but not malicious.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

High Downloaded file is executed download_then_exec

A file fetched with curl/wget (not part of source=(), so never checksum-verified) is later made executable or run — a fetch-and-execute pattern split across statements.

PKGBUILD:24 wget "https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/irccloud-electron.desktop?h=irccloud-electron-git" -o ./irccloud-electron.desktop

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: Youngbin Han <sukso96100@gmail.com>
    
      2# Submitter: Youngbin Han <sukso96100@gmail.com>
    
      3
    
      4pkgname=irccloud-electron-git
    
      5_pkgname=IRCCloud
    
      6pkgver=42.13d2e17
    
      7pkgrel=1
    
      8pkgdesc="Mac App, Win App and Linux app for IRCCloud. (An Electron wrapper for IRCCloud.) "
    
      9arch=('any')
    
      10url="https://github.com/dalinaum/${_pkgname}"
    
      11license=('MIT')
    
      12depends=('nodejs')
    
      13makedepends=('nodejs' 'npm' 'git' 'wget')
    
      14source=("${_pkgname}"::"git+https://github.com/dalinaum/${_pkgname}.git")
    
      15md5sums=('SKIP')
    
      16
    
      17pkgver() {
    
      18	cd "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}"
    
      19	echo "$(git rev-list --count HEAD).$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
    
      20}
    
      21
    
      22prepare() {
    
      23	cd "${srcdir}"
    
      24	wget "https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/irccloud-electron.desktop?h=irccloud-electron-git" -o ./irccloud-electron.desktop
    
      25}
    
      26
    
      27build() {
    
      28  cd "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}"
    
      29	echo "Building.. : [Install Build Dependencies] | Build | Done"
    
      30  npm install
    
      31  rm -rf dist
    
      32  mkdir dist
    
      33	echo "Building.. : Install Build Dependencies | [Build] | Done"
    
      34  ./build-linux.js ${_pkgname} $(git rev-list --count HEAD).$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
    
      35	echo "Building.. : Install Build Dependencies | Build | [Done]"
    
      36}
    
      37
    
      38package() {
    
      39  cd "${srcdir}"
    
      40	echo "Packaging.. : [Desktop Shortcut] | Icon | Other Files | Done"
    
      41	install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/irccloud-electron.desktop" "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/irccloud-electron.desktop"
    
      42	echo "Packaging.. : Desktop Shortcut | [Icon] | Other Files | Done"
    
      43	install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}/resources/icon.iconset/icon_512x512.png" "$pkgdir/usr/share/irccloud-electron/icon.png"
    
      44	echo "Packaging.. : Desktop Shortcut | Icon | [Other Files] | Done"
    
      45	cp -r ${srcdir}/${_pkgname}/build/IRCCloud-linux/* $pkgdir/usr/share/irccloud-electron/
    
      46	echo "Packaging.. : Desktop Shortcut | Icon | Other Files | [Done]"
    
      47}
    
      48

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