youtube-music-desktop-v2-git

LOW

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

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Why flagged

The npx command is used to enable corepack, a standard Node.js tool, and yarn is run to install dependencies and build the project from its own source; this is normal build behavior for a Node.js project and does not execute 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-07-25) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 90%): The npx command is used to enable corepack, a standard Node.js tool, and yarn is run to install dependencies and build the project from its own source; this is normal build behavior for a Node.js project and does not execute 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1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:27 npx corepack enable

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: Nithish <nithishgowda0608@gmail.com>
    
      2pkgname=youtube-music-desktop-v2-git
    
      3_pkgname=ytmdesktop
    
      4pkgver=2.0.10.r3.gc64bbf7
    
      5pkgrel=1
    
      6pkgdesc="YouTube Music Desktop App - V2 (Git Version)"
    
      7arch=('x86_64')
    
      8options=('!debug')
    
      9url="https://github.com/niiithish/ytmdesktop"
    
      10license=('GPL3')
    
      11depends=('nss' 'libxss' 'alsa-lib' 'libsecret' 'gtk3' 'libnotify')
    
      12makedepends=('git' 'nodejs' 'yarn')
    
      13provides=("youtube-music-desktop-app")
    
      14conflicts=("youtube-music-desktop-app")
    
      15source=("git+${url}.git#branch=development")
    
      16sha256sums=('SKIP')
    
      17
    
      18pkgver() {
    
      19  cd "${_pkgname}"
    
      20  # This generates a proper Arch version string from git tags/commits
    
      21  printf "2.0.10.r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
    
      22}
    
      23
    
      24prepare() {
    
      25  cd "${_pkgname}"
    
      26  # Use npx to ensure corepack runs even if not in system PATH
    
      27  npx corepack enable
    
      28  yarn install
    
      29}
    
      30
    
      31build() {
    
      32  cd "${_pkgname}"
    
      33  # Build the linux binaries using 'package' instead of 'make'
    
      34  # This avoids needing rpmbuild or dpkg on Arch.
    
      35  yarn package
    
      36}
    
      37
    
      38package() {
    
      39  cd "${_pkgname}"
    
      40  
    
      41  # Note the exact folder name created by Forge
    
      42  local _out="out/YouTube Music Desktop App-linux-x64"
    
      43  
    
      44  install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
    
      45  # Use quotes around the path to handle spaces
    
      46  cp -r "${_out}/"* "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/"
    
      47  
    
      48  install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
    
      49  ln -s "/usr/lib/${pkgname}/youtube-music-desktop-app" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
    
      50}
    
      51

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
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
2026-09-12 00:25:17	Low	2
2026-09-11 00:19:22	Low	2
2026-09-10 00:22:44	Low	2
2026-09-09 00:04:09	Low	2
2026-09-08 00:18:08	Low	2
2026-09-07 00:30:15	Low	2
2026-09-06 00:17:06	Low	2
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