yet-another-electron-term

maintainer zxp19821005 · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
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Why flagged The npx commands in the build() function run project-local tools (patch-package, ng, electron-builder) as part of a standard Angular/Electron build process; these are declared devDependencies installed from the project's own package.json, not arbitrary remote code execution.

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 commands in the build() function run project-local tools (patch-package, ng, electron-builder) as part of a standard Angular/Electron build process; these are declared devDependencies installed from the project's own package.json, not arbitrary remote code execution.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:95 echo N | NODE_ENV=production npx patch-package
  • PKGBUILD:96 NODE_ENV=production npx ng build --base-href ./

PKGBUILD

2 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
2pkgname=yet-another-electron-term
3_pkgname=YAET
4pkgver=7.1.1
5_electronversion=39
6_nodeversion=22
7pkgrel=1
8pkgdesc="A remote connection tool based on angular + electron supporting SSH Telnet WinRM, RDP VNC, SCP/SFTP FTP SAMBA.(Use system-wide electron)"
9arch=('any')
10url="https://github.com/invince/YAET"
11license=('Apache-2.0')
12depends=(
13 "electron${_electronversion}"
14 'python'
15 'libsecret'
16)
17makedepends=(
18 'npm'
19 'nvm'
20 'git'
21 'curl'
22 'gendesk'
23 'jq'
24)
25source=(
26 "${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+${url}#tag=v${pkgver}"
27 "${pkgname}.sh"
28)
29sha256sums=('9ba16757c4d8ec2ca462c1aba86e4159e5c342fd9ae983ed0fd495136a09e777'
30 'a774c2f54fbbeeaac3cefc0f7250796d30c86d27f0fd40b7eaf9c0fdb021623d')
31_ensure_local_nvm() {
32 local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
33 source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
34 nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
35 nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
36}
37_get_app_dir() {
38 find "${srcdir}" -type f -name "resources.pak" -exec dirname {} + | head -n 1
39}
40_set_build_env() {
41 export ELECTRON_DIST="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
42 export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
43 export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
44 export HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
45 export NPM_CONFIG_CACHE="${srcdir}/.npm_cache"
46 export NPM_CONFIG_MAXSOCKETS=32
47 if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
48 {
49 export NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY="https://registry.npmmirror.com"
50 export NPM_CONFIG_ELECTRON_MIRROR="https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/"
51 export NPM_CONFIG_ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_MIRROR="https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/"
52 export NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR="https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node"
53 export ELECTRON_MIRROR="https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/electron/"
54 export ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_MIRROR="https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/electron-builder-binaries/"
55 }
56 find ./ -type f -name "package-lock.json" -exec sed -i "s/registry.npmjs.org/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
57 fi
58}
59_get_electron_version() {
60 _elec_ver=$(find "${srcdir}" -maxdepth 5 -name "package.json" ! -path "*/node_modules/*" \
61 -exec grep -l '"electron"' {} + | xargs -I{} jq -r '(.devDependencies.electron // .dependencies.electron) // empty' {} 2>/dev/null | head -1)
62 [[ -z "${_elec_ver}" ]] && return 1
63 echo -e "The electron version is: \033[1;31m${_elec_ver%%.*}\033[0m"
64}
65prepare() {
66 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
67 _get_electron_version
68 sed -i -e "
69 s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
70 s/@appname@/${pkgname}/g
71 s/@runname@/app.asar/g
72 s/@cfgdirname@/${_pkgname}/g
73 " "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh"
74 gendesk -q -f -n \
75 --pkgname="${pkgname}" \
76 --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
77 --categories="Utility;System" \
78 --name="${_pkgname}" \
79 --exec="${pkgname} %U"
80 _set_build_env
81 _ensure_local_nvm
82 sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
83 sed -i -e "
84 /const path = require(\"path\");/a \\
85 const os = require('os');\nconst configHome = process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || path.join(os.homedir(), '.config');
86 s|const logPath = \`\${__dirname}/logs/main.log\`;|const logPath = path.join(configHome, '${pkgname}', 'logs', 'main.log');|
87 " src-electron/electronMain.js
88 NODE_ENV=development npm install
89}
90build() {
91 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
92 _set_build_env
93 _ensure_local_nvm
94 NODE_ENV=production npm run clean
95 echo N | NODE_ENV=production npx patch-package
96 NODE_ENV=production npx ng build --base-href ./
97 NODE_ENV=production npm exec -c "electron-builder --linux dir -c.electronDist=${ELECTRON_DIST}"
98}
99package() {
100 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
101 install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
102 local _app_dir=$(_get_app_dir)
103 cp -a "${_app_dir}/resources/". "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/"
104 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/src-electron/assets/icons/app-icon.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname}.png"
105 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
106 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE.txt" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
107}
108

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