vortex-v2

LOW

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

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Why flagged

The npx usage in build() runs electron-builder on the project's own source from GitHub, which is a normal part of building an Electron app; the source is verifiable and the command is not executing arbitrary 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-2507) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The npx usage in build() runs electron-builder on the project's own source from GitHub, which is a normal part of building an Electron app; the source is verifiable and the command is not executing arbitrary 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1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:34 npx electron-builder --linux dir

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Doodcom <a.munro87@icloud.com>
    
      2# Build from a local checkout:
    
      3#   cd packaging && makepkg -si
    
      4# For AUR publishing the source line points at the GitHub release tag.
    
      5
    
      6pkgname=vortex-v2
    
      7pkgver=1.0.3
    
      8pkgrel=1
    
      9pkgdesc="System updater and tuner suite for CachyOS (updates, sched-ext, snapshots, cleaner)"
    
      10arch=('x86_64')
    
      11url="https://github.com/Doodcom/vortex-v2"
    
      12license=('MIT')
    
      13depends=('nss' 'libxtst' 'libxss' 'gtk3' 'mesa' 'alsa-lib')
    
      14makedepends=('git' 'nodejs' 'npm')
    
      15optdepends=(
    
      16  'fwupd: device firmware updates in the Updater'
    
      17  'snapper: pre-upgrade Btrfs snapshots'
    
      18  'ufw: firewall view'
    
      19  'paru: AUR update checks and builds'
    
      20  'pacman-contrib: checkupdates + paccache for update checks and cache cleaning'
    
      21  'scx-scheds: sched-ext schedulers for the Scheduler view and Game Mode'
    
      22  'power-profiles-daemon: power profile switching'
    
      23  'docker: container view'
    
      24  'flatpak: flatpak management in Packages'
    
      25)
    
      26source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/Doodcom/vortex-v2/archive/refs/tags/v$pkgver.tar.gz")
    
      27sha256sums=('febd14a543f7611d2910b3da501529a193a5cca34757c42b3812d38b945fd7a2')
    
      28
    
      29build() {
    
      30  cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
    
      31  npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
    
      32  npm run build
    
      33  # dir target produces release/linux-unpacked with natives rebuilt for the bundled Electron
    
      34  npx electron-builder --linux dir
    
      35}
    
      36
    
      37package() {
    
      38  cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
    
      39
    
      40  # App payload
    
      41  install -d "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname"
    
      42  cp -r release/linux-unpacked/. "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/"
    
      43  chmod 4755 "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/chrome-sandbox"
    
      44
    
      45  # Launcher with the same GPU/Wayland flags electron-builder bakes into its own targets
    
      46  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
    
      47  cat > "$pkgdir/usr/bin/$pkgname" <<'EOF'
    
      48#!/usr/bin/env bash
    
      49exec "/opt/vortex-v2/vortex-v2" \
    
      50  --ozone-platform-hint=auto \
    
      51  --enable-features=VaapiVideoDecodeLinuxGL,UseOzonePlatform,WaylandWindowDecorations \
    
      52  --use-gl=egl \
    
      53  --enable-gpu-rasterization \
    
      54  "$@"
    
      55EOF
    
      56  chmod 755 "$pkgdir/usr/bin/$pkgname"
    
      57
    
      58  # Desktop entry + icons
    
      59  install -Dm644 packaging/$pkgname.desktop "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/$pkgname.desktop"
    
      60  for size in 128 256 512; do
    
      61    install -Dm644 "build/icons/${size}x${size}.png" \
    
      62      "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${size}x${size}/apps/$pkgname.png"
    
      63  done
    
      64
    
      65  # Polkit rule: one auth per maintenance run instead of one per pkexec call
    
      66  install -Dm644 resources/polkit/49-vortex.rules "$pkgdir/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/49-vortex.rules"
    
      67
    
      68  install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
    
      69}
    
      70

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
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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