piped-frontend-git

LOW
maintainer 30p87 0 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658
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Why flagged

The pnpm install commands are for building the project's own frontend from its source; installing 'vite' and approving builds are part of the legitimate build process for a JavaScript project, not installation of undeclared external packages with malicious intent.

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-2507) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The pnpm install commands are for building the project's own frontend from its source; installing 'vite' and approving builds are part of the legitimate build process for a JavaScript project, not installation of undeclared external packages with malicious intent.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
Medium 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. Severity downgraded: the package declares/looks like a Node.js consumer, where build-time installs are expected.

  • PKGBUILD:34 if pnpm install vite; then :; fi
  • PKGBUILD:36 pnpm install vite

PKGBUILD

2 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: 30p87 <aur@30p87.de>
2
3pkgname='piped-frontend-git'
4_componentname="${pkgname%'-git'}"
5_componentnameshort="${_componentname#'piped-'}"
6pkgver=r4906.da7ab35
7pkgrel=1
8pkgdesc='An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend which is efficient by design. Frontend component, calling [piped-backend-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/piped-backend-git) for Metadata'
9arch=('x86_64')
10url='https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped'
11license=('AGPL-3.0')
12groups=('piped-git')
13makedepends=('git' 'pnpm')
14install=piped-frontend.install
15source=("git+${url}"
16 'configure-piped-frontend.sh'
17 'config.properties')
18sha256sums=('SKIP'
19 'ea0d3bb44c46223b8fbbfe06a5397ee103d77a74f6e29ed636d02bbfebe0f77a'
20 '7e310112487f7a77b5fe7b5721e6f077edaeda8009b3881f39dee2ee584e1922')
21_dest="/usr/share/webapps/piped/${_componentnameshort}"
22
23pkgver() {
24 cd Piped
25 printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)"
26}
27
28prepare() {
29 sed -i "s|/usr/share/nginx/html|${_dest}|g" "${srcdir}/Piped/docker/nginx.conf"
30}
31
32build() {
33 cd Piped
34 if pnpm install vite; then :; fi
35 pnpm approve-builds core-js esbuild vue-demi
36 pnpm install vite
37 pnpm run build
38}
39
40package() {
41 install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/etc/webapps/piped"
42
43 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/Piped/LICENSE" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
44 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/Piped/docker/nginx.conf" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/piped/${_componentnameshort}/nginx.conf"
45 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/config.properties" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/piped/${_componentnameshort}/config.properties"
46
47 install -dm755 "${pkgdir}${_dest}"
48 cp -ra ${srcdir}/Piped/dist/* "${pkgdir}${_dest}"
49 chmod -R 755 "${pkgdir}${_dest}"
50 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/configure-piped-frontend.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/configure-piped-frontend"
51}
52

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