nodemailerapp

LOW

maintainer daniel.reibl 1 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The snap file is downloaded from the official Snapcraft API (api.snapcraft.io) with a specific snap ID and revision, and has a sha512 checksum provided (not SKIP). The checksum is present and non-trivial, so integrity is verified. The source host is Canonical's official Snapcraft distribution infrastructure, not a personal or unofficial host. Extracting and repackaging snaps is a common AUR pattern for proprietary apps. The 'no-sandbox.sh' wrapper script also has a checksum. The main concern is that snap revisions can theoretically be updated server-side, but the specific revision is pinned and the checksum guards against substitution. The license is listed as 'unknown' which is sloppy but not a security issue. Overall this is a legitimate, if non-standard, packaging approach with no real supply-chain concern beyond the inherent trust in Canonical's Snapcraft infrastructure.

Triggered rules

Low AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 75%): The snap file is downloaded from the official Snapcraft API (api.snapcraft.io) with a specific snap ID and revision, and has a sha512 checksum provided (not SKIP). The checksum is present and non-trivial, so integrity is verified. The source host is Canonical's official Snapcraft distribution infrastructure, not a personal or unofficial host. Extracting and repackaging snaps is a common AUR pattern for proprietary apps. The 'no-sandbox.sh' wrapper script also has a checksum. The main concern is that snap revisions can theoretically be updated server-side, but the specific revision is pinned and the checksum guards against substitution. The license is listed as 'unknown' which is sloppy but not a security issue. Overall this is a legitimate, if non-standard, packaging approach with no real supply-chain concern beyond the inherent trust in Canonical's Snapcraft infrastructure.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

Medium source=() URL on a non-standard host source_untrusted_domain

One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).

PKGBUILD:12 source=("https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/download/${_snapid}_${_snaprev}.snap" "no-sandbox.sh")

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: Daniel Reibl <janos.daniel.reibl@pm.me>
    
      2pkgname=nodemailerapp
    
      3pkgver=1.0.16
    
      4pkgrel=1
    
      5pkgdesc="NodemailerApp is the ultimate cross platform email debugging app"
    
      6arch=('x86_64')
    
      7url="https://nodemailer.com/app/"
    
      8license=('unknown')
    
      9makedepends=('squashfs-tools')
    
      10_snapid="262woIg4gNXJLoR5qgkJprJYJPwNkPiu"
    
      11_snaprev="10"
    
      12source=("https://api.snapcraft.io/api/v1/snaps/download/${_snapid}_${_snaprev}.snap" "no-sandbox.sh")
    
      13
    
      14sha512sums=("1fd58a6c61855448f207f86728eb181be88486c2050a1dedea8292585aa816aaa3d7f25ae511b0926cfa870d757ee4772132f6739eea35378effcbfea3adfafc"
    
      15            "52053a3ee543c5d4fe8c2ed8498b78b9b42988cee1a9765c33d0bb9bea75c9a62cae82deda3f1ab4d8f0e84a4fec08ee8c98d60c147ab46961a0686f202a05b7")
    
      16
    
      17prepare() {
    
      18    echo "Extracting snap file..."
    
      19    unsquashfs -q -f -d "${srcdir}/${pkgname}" "${_snapid}_${_snaprev}.snap"
    
      20}
    
      21
    
      22package() {
    
      23    # Install files
    
      24    install -d "${pkgdir}/opt/${pkgname}"
    
      25    cp -r "${srcdir}/${pkgname}/." "${pkgdir}/opt/${pkgname}"
    
      26
    
      27    # Desktop Entry
    
      28    sed -i 's|${SNAP}/meta/gui/icon.png|nodemailerapp|g' "${pkgdir}/opt/${pkgname}/meta/gui/nodemailerapp.desktop"
    
      29    install -Dm644 "${pkgdir}/opt/${pkgname}/meta/gui/nodemailerapp.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
    
      30    install -Dm644 "${pkgdir}/opt/${pkgname}/meta/gui/icon.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/nodemailerapp.png"
    
      31
    
      32    # Clean up unnecessary files
    
      33    rm -rf "${pkgdir}/opt/${pkgname}"/{data-dir,gnome-platform,lib,meta,scripts,usr,*.sh}
    
      34
    
      35    # Install wrapper script
    
      36    install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/no-sandbox.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/nodemailerapp"
    
      37}
    
      38

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