ringer-client-desktop

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

The npx command runs react-app-rewired and electron-builder, which are development tools used to build the project from its own source; this is a normal part of the build process for Electron apps and does not execute untrusted remote code.

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 95%): The npx command runs react-app-rewired and electron-builder, which are development tools used to build the project from its own source; this is a normal part of the build process for Electron apps and does not execute untrusted remote code.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
Medium npx/bunx/deno executes a remote package remote_code_tool

`npx`/`bunx`/`pnpm dlx`/`deno run <url>` downloads AND runs a remote package at build time — the moral equivalent of piping a download into a shell. Severity downgraded: Node.js consumer context.

  • PKGBUILD:83 NODE_ENV=production npx react-app-rewired build

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
2pkgname=ringer-client-desktop
3_pkgname=Ringer
4_appname="${_pkgname}-Client-Desktop"
5pkgver=5.2.1
6_electronversion=29
7_nodeversion=20
8pkgrel=1
9pkgdesc="A new cross platform messaging app.(Use system-wide electron)"
10arch=('any')
11url="https://lifplatforms.com/ringer.html"
12_ghurl="https://github.com/Lif-Platforms/Ringer-Client-Desktop"
13license=('GPL-2.0-only')
14conflicts=("${pkgname}")
15depends=(
16 "electron${_electronversion}"
17)
18makedepends=(
19 'npm'
20 'curl'
21 'nvm'
22 'gendesk'
23 'git'
24)
25options=(
26 '!strip'
27 '!emptydirs'
28)
29source=(
30 "${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+${_ghurl}#tag=${pkgver}"
31 "${pkgname}.desktop"
32 "${pkgname}.sh"
33)
34sha256sums=('a156c5bf387f967f85c71750b9a3f4b687130035b0485b678133d45b50fc5d15'
35 '5ae75de25c7204dba7bfbbbe3c9f58cf6f565963359735a471e1f61ee8692181'
36 '31ad33b633744f5361abd964be306cea53ae1050e760c787115f7eca60045ae6')
37_ensure_local_nvm() {
38 local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
39 source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
40 nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
41 nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
42}
43_get_electron_version() {
44 _elec_ver="$(grep -m 1 '"electron":' "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/package.json" | cut -d'"' -f4 | tr -d '^' | cut -d. -f1)"
45 echo -e "The electron version is: \033[1;31m${_elec_ver}\033[0m"
46}
47prepare() {
48 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
49 _get_electron_version
50 sed -i -e "
51 s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
52 s/@appname@/${pkgname}/g
53 s/@runname@/app/g
54 s/@cfgdirname@/${_pkgname}/g
55 s/@options@/env ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT=auto/g
56 " "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh"
57 export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
58 export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
59 HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
60 {
61 echo -e '\n'
62 #echo 'build_from_source=true'
63 echo "cache=${srcdir}/.npm_cache"
64 } >> .npmrc
65 if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
66 {
67 echo 'registry=https://registry.npmmirror.com'
68 echo 'electron_mirror=https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/'
69 echo 'electron_builder_binaries_mirror=https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/'
70 } >> .npmrc
71 find ./ -type f -name "package-lock.json" -exec sed -i "s/registry.npmjs.org/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
72 fi
73 _ensure_local_nvm
74 cp public/icons/png/32x32.png public/logo.png
75 sed -i "s/favicon.ico/logo.png/g" main.js
76 sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
77 NODE_ENV=development npm install
78}
79build() {
80 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
81 _ensure_local_nvm
82 local electronDist="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
83 NODE_ENV=production npx react-app-rewired build
84 NODE_ENV=production npm exec -c "electron-builder --linux dir -c.electronDist=${electronDist}"
85}
86package() {
87 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
88 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/dist/linux-"*/resources/app.asar -t "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
89 cp -Pr --no-preserve=ownership "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/dist/linux-"*/resources/app.asar.unpacked "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
90 _icon_sizes=(16x16 24x24 32x32 48x48 64x64 128x128 256x256 512x512 1024x1024)
91 for _icons in "${_icon_sizes[@]}";do
92 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/public/icons/png/${_icons}.png" \
93 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${_icons}/apps/${pkgname}.png"
94 done
95 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
96}

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