proton-mail-viewer

maintainer zxp19821005 · 1 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
LOW
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Why flagged The npm install runs in a controlled build environment, uses the project's own package.json, and installs only declared development dependencies; the dynamic registry switch for CN is a mirror optimization, not a malicious payload.

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-07-25) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 90%): The npm install runs in a controlled build environment, uses the project's own package.json, and installs only declared development dependencies; the dynamic registry switch for CN is a mirror optimization, not a malicious payload.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:70 NODE_ENV=development npm add -D @electron-forge/plugin-local-electron

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
2pkgname=proton-mail-viewer
3pkgver=0.0.1
4_electronversion=26
5_nodeversion=18
6pkgrel=11
7pkgdesc="Unofficial Proton Mail™ viewer.(Use system-wide electron)"
8arch=('any')
9url="https://github.com/moba1/proton-mail-viewer"
10license=('MIT')
11conflicts=("${pkgname}")
12depends=(
13 "electron${_electronversion}"
14)
15makedepends=(
16 'gendesk'
17 'npm'
18 'nvm'
19 'curl'
20 'nvm'
21 'git'
22)
23source=(
24 "${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+${url}#tag=v${pkgver}"
25 "${pkgname}.sh"
26)
27sha256sums=('9354c98989d42a807178f1b0dcc89e47713d45af40e247b74b1a47652fc3e6b8'
28 '291f50480f5a61bc9c68db7d44cd0412071128706baa868a9cb854f8779a1980')
29_ensure_local_nvm() {
30 export NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
31 source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
32 nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
33 nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
34}
35prepare() {
36 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
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}/${pkgname}.sh"
44 _ensure_local_nvm
45 gendesk -f -n -q \
46 --pkgname="${pkgname}" \
47 --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
48 --categories="Network" \
49 --name="${pkgname}" \
50 --exec="${pkgname} %U"
51 export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
52 export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
53 HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
54 {
55 echo -e '\n'
56 #echo 'build_from_source=true'
57 echo "cache=${srcdir}/.npm_cache"
58 echo "maxsockets=10"
59 } >> .npmrc
60 if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
61 {
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 } >> .npmrc
66 find ./ -type f -name "package-lock.json" -exec sed -i "s/registry.npmjs.org/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
67 fi
68 sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
69 NODE_ENV=development npm install
70 NODE_ENV=development npm add -D @electron-forge/plugin-local-electron
71}
72build() {
73 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
74 local electronDist="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
75 sed -i -e "/^[[:space:]]*plugins:[[:space:]]*\[.*\$/a\\
76 {\\
77 name: \"@electron-forge/plugin-local-electron\",\\
78 config: {\\
79 electronPath: \"${electronDist}\"\\
80 }\\
81 }," forge.config.*
82 NODE_ENV=production npm run package
83}
84package() {
85 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
86 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/out/${pkgname}-"*/resources/app.asar -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
87 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/images/icons/${pkgname}-icon_512x512.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname}.png"
88 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
89 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE.md" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
90}

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