winboat-electron

LOW

maintainer tiziodcaio 1 votes scanned 2026-11-01 00:21:48.120785

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Why flagged

The npx command runs electron-builder on the locally checked-out project source, which is a standard and safe build practice; the tool is not executing arbitrary remote code but building the application from trusted, version-controlled source.

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 command runs electron-builder on the locally checked-out project source, which is a standard and safe build practice; the tool is not executing arbitrary remote code but building the application from trusted, version-controlled source.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:66 npx electron-builder --linux --dir \

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: Matt Quintanilla <matt @ matt quintanilla .xyz>
    
      2# Maintainer: ArjixWasTaken <me@arjix.dev>
    
      3# Contributor: tiziodcaio <d dot bass05 at pm dot me>
    
      4
    
      5_pkgname=winboat
    
      6pkgname=winboat-electron
    
      7pkgver=0.9.2
    
      8pkgrel=1
    
      9pkgdesc="Run Windows apps on Linux with seamless integration"
    
      10arch=('x86_64')
    
      11url="https://www.winboat.app"
    
      12license=('MIT')
    
      13_electron=electron43
    
      14depends=(
    
      15  'alsa-lib'
    
      16  'docker'
    
      17  'docker-compose'
    
      18  'freerdp'
    
      19  'gtk3'
    
      20  'nss'
    
      21  "$_electron"
    
      22)
    
      23makedepends=(
    
      24  'git'
    
      25  'npm'
    
      26  'go'
    
      27  'zip'
    
      28  'imagemagick'
    
      29  'asar'
    
      30)
    
      31options=('!strip')
    
      32source=("git+https://github.com/winboat-org/winboat.git#tag=v$pkgver")
    
      33sha256sums=('4537e93c28cd2311700279e135ddb13ac49ab6a85d124198ad2078927b2863fd')
    
      34provides=('winboat')
    
      35conflicts=('winboat')
    
      36
    
      37prepare(){
    
      38  cd "$_pkgname"
    
      39
    
      40  ## don't use resourcesPath
    
      41  sed --in-place -e "s/process\.resourcesPath, \"/\"\/usr\/lib\/winboat\//g" ./src/renderer/lib/*.ts
    
      42
    
      43  export npm_config_cache="$srcdir/npm_cache"
    
      44  npm i --allow-git=all
    
      45
    
      46  npm update node-abi
    
      47}
    
      48
    
      49build() {
    
      50  cd "$_pkgname"
    
      51
    
      52  export GOPATH="$srcdir/gopath"
    
      53  export CGO_CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}"
    
      54  export CGO_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
    
      55  export CGO_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
    
      56  export CGO_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
    
      57  export GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie -trimpath -ldflags=-linkmode=external -mod=readonly -modcacherw"
    
      58
    
      59  #build:linux-gs
    
      60  bash build-guest-server.sh
    
      61  node scripts/build.ts
    
      62  
    
      63  rm -rf main
    
      64  cp -r build/main main
    
      65
    
      66  npx electron-builder --linux  --dir \
    
      67         -c.electronDist=/usr/lib/"$_electron" \
    
      68         -c.electronVersion="$(</usr/lib/${_electron}/version)"
    
      69
    
      70  # Clean module cache for makepkg -C
    
      71  go clean -modcache
    
      72
    
      73  mkdir -p dist/.icon-set
    
      74  for i in 16 32 48 64 128 256 512; do
    
      75    magick icons/winboat_logo.svg -resize "${i}x${i}" "dist/.icon-set/icon_${i}x${i}.png"
    
      76  done
    
      77}
    
      78
    
      79package() {
    
      80  cd "$_pkgname"
    
      81  install -Dm755 /dev/null "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/$_pkgname"
    
      82  cat >>"${pkgdir}/usr/bin/$_pkgname" <<EOD
    
      83#! /usr/bin/sh
    
      84exec $_electron /usr/lib/$_pkgname/app.asar "\$@"
    
      85EOD
    
      86  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/lib/$_pkgname/"
    
      87
    
      88  cp -a dist/linux-unpacked/resources/** "$pkgdir/usr/lib/$_pkgname"
    
      89
    
      90  for i in 16 32 48 64 128 256 512; do
    
      91    install -Dm644 dist/.icon-set/icon_${i}x${i}.png \
    
      92      "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${i}x${i}/apps/$_pkgname.png"
    
      93  done
    
      94
    
      95  install -Dm644 LICENSE -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$_pkgname/"
    
      96  install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/$_pkgname.desktop" <<EOF
    
      97[Desktop Entry]
    
      98Name=WinBoat
    
      99Exec=/usr/bin/$_pkgname
    
      100Icon=$_pkgname
    
      101Terminal=false
    
      102Type=Application
    
      103Comment=Run Windows apps on Linux with seamless integration
    
      104EOF
    
      105}
    
      106

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