pomotro

LOW

maintainer zxp19821005 0 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The PKGBUILD runs 'yarn add -D @electron/packager' during prepare(), which fetches an undeclared npm package from the npm registry at build time. However, @electron/packager is the official, well-known Electron packaging tool maintained by the Electron organization (formerly electron-packager), published on the official npm registry. It is a legitimate build-time dependency used only during packaging (not installed into the final package). The actual installed package only contains the app's JS resources and a launcher script wrapping system electron. The concern is real but minor: it's a missing lockfile entry for a well-known official tool, not an unofficial or personal host. This is sloppy packaging (the dependency should be declared in package.json/yarn.lock) but not a meaningful supply-chain risk beyond the general npm ecosystem trust model. The CN mirror detection and substitution is a common pattern in AUR packages targeting Chinese users. Overall this is low severity — non-standard but not a genuine security concern.

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 PKGBUILD runs 'yarn add -D @electron/packager' during prepare(), which fetches an undeclared npm package from the npm registry at build time. However, @electron/packager is the official, well-known Electron packaging tool maintained by the Electron organization (formerly electron-packager), published on the official npm registry. It is a legitimate build-time dependency used only during packaging (not installed into the final package). The actual installed package only contains the app's JS resources and a launcher script wrapping system electron. The concern is real but minor: it's a missing lockfile entry for a well-known official tool, not an unofficial or personal host. This is sloppy packaging (the dependency should be declared in package.json/yarn.lock) but not a meaningful supply-chain risk beyond the general npm ecosystem trust model. The CN mirror detection and substitution is a common pattern in AUR packages targeting Chinese users. Overall this is low severity — non-standard but not a genuine security concern.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:79 NODE_ENV=development yarn add -D "@electron/packager"

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
    
      2pkgname=pomotro
    
      3_pkgname=Pomotro
    
      4pkgver=1.2
    
      5_electronversion=25
    
      6_nodeversion=20
    
      7pkgrel=1
    
      8pkgdesc="A Desktop Pomodoro Clock.(Use system-wide electron)"
    
      9arch=('any')
    
      10url="https://github.com/Ranork/Pomotro"
    
      11license=('GPL-3.0-only')
    
      12conflicts=("${pkgname}")
    
      13depends=(
    
      14    "electron${_electronversion}"
    
      15    'nodejs'
    
      16)
    
      17makedepends=(
    
      18    'gendesk'
    
      19    'nvm'
    
      20    'npm'
    
      21    'yarn'
    
      22    'git'
    
      23)
    
      24options=(
    
      25    '!emptydirs'
    
      26)
    
      27source=(
    
      28    "${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+${url}#tag=v${pkgver}"
    
      29    "${pkgname}.sh"
    
      30)
    
      31sha256sums=('48fcc747e90a77a7cb770f46f57a52337f44d21a3a40b3ed26971e94e1c42782'
    
      32            'f2fe8c189974ffb9d445e9a42bd4f1d5b60185607c3fcafae79ab44be224e013')
    
      33_ensure_local_nvm() {
    
      34    local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
    
      35    source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
    
      36    nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
    
      37    nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
    
      38}
    
      39prepare() {
    
      40    cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
    
      41    sed -i -e "
    
      42        s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
    
      43        s/@appname@/${pkgname}/g
    
      44        s/@runname@/app/g
    
      45        s/@cfgdirname@/${pkgname}/g
    
      46        s/@options@//g
    
      47    " -i "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh"
    
      48    _ensure_local_nvm
    
      49    gendesk -q -f -n \
    
      50        --pkgname="${pkgname}" \
    
      51        --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
    
      52        --categories="Utility" \
    
      53        --name="${_pkgname}" \
    
      54        --exec="${pkgname} %U"
    
      55    export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
    
      56    export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
    
      57    HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
    
      58    mkdir -p "${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
    
      59    if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
    
      60        {
    
      61            echo -e '\n'
    
      62            echo 'registry "https://registry.npmmirror.com"'
    
      63            echo 'electron_mirror "https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/"'
    
      64            echo 'electron_builder_binaries_mirror "https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/"'
    
      65            echo "cacheFolder "${srcdir}"/.yarn/cache"
    
      66            echo "pluginsFolder "${srcdir}"/.yarn/plugins"
    
      67            echo "globalFolder "${srcdir}"/.yarn/global"
    
      68            echo 'useHardlinks true'
    
      69            #echo 'buildFromSource true'
    
      70            echo 'linkWorkspacePackages true'
    
      71            echo 'fetchRetries 3'
    
      72            echo 'fetchRetryTimeout 10000'
    
      73            echo 'networkConcurrency 32'
    
      74        } >> .yarnrc
    
      75        find ./ -type f -name "yarn.lock" -exec sed -i "s/registry.yarnpkg.com/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
    
      76    fi
    
      77    sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
    
      78    NODE_ENV=development    yarn install --cache-folder "${srcdir}/.yarn_cache"
    
      79    NODE_ENV=development    yarn add -D "@electron/packager"
    
      80}
    
      81build() {
    
      82    cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
    
      83    NODE_ENV=production     yarn electron-packager . "${_pkgname}" --platform=linux --out=release --overwrite
    
      84}
    
      85package() {
    
      86    install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
    
      87    install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
    
      88    cp -Pr --no-preserve=ownership "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/release/${_pkgname}-linux-"*/resources/app "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
    
      89    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
    
      90    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
    
      91}

Scan history

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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