zcode-bin

MEDIUM

maintainer AnRan 3 votes scanned 2026-11-01 00:21:48.120785

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Why flagged

The package downloads a prebuilt .deb from a non-standard host (cdn-zcode.z.ai) which is not a common trusted registry, and although it's the project's own CDN, the binary nature of the .deb and unverifiable source make it a supply-chain risk if the host were compromised.

Triggered rules

Medium source=() URL on a non-standard host source_untrusted_domain

One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).

PKGBUILD:32 "${pkgname%-bin}-${pkgver}-x86_64.deb::https://cdn-zcode.z.ai/zcode/electron/releases/${pkgver}/linux-x64/${_pkgname}-${pkgver}-linux-x64.deb"

Medium AI review llm_review

An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 85%): The package downloads a prebuilt .deb from a non-standard host (cdn-zcode.z.ai) which is not a common trusted registry, and although it's the project's own CDN, the binary nature of the .deb and unverifiable source make it a supply-chain risk if the host were compromised.

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: AnRan <2318621872 at qq dot com>
    
      2# Contributor: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com> (launcher script approach)
    
      3pkgname=zcode-bin
    
      4_pkgname=ZCode
    
      5pkgver=3.16.3
    
      6_electronversion=41
    
      7pkgrel=1
    
      8pkgdesc="ZCode - AI-powered code editor by ZAI"
    
      9arch=('x86_64')
    
      10url="https://zcode.z.ai/"
    
      11license=('LicenseRef-ZCode')
    
      12depends=(
    
      13    "electron${_electronversion}"
    
      14    'python'
    
      15    'python-reportlab'
    
      16    'python-lxml'
    
      17    'python-pillow'
    
      18    'python-defusedxml'
    
      19    'libstdc++'
    
      20    'nodejs'
    
      21    'libgcc'
    
      22    'ripgrep'
    
      23    'xdg-utils'
    
      24)
    
      25makedepends=(
    
      26    'asar'
    
      27)
    
      28options=(
    
      29    '!strip'
    
      30)
    
      31source=(
    
      32    "${pkgname%-bin}-${pkgver}-x86_64.deb::https://cdn-zcode.z.ai/zcode/electron/releases/${pkgver}/linux-x64/${_pkgname}-${pkgver}-linux-x64.deb"
    
      33    "LICENSE"
    
      34    "${pkgname%-bin}.sh"
    
      35)
    
      36# First entry: upstream .deb, pinned by zcode-update-checker.sh on each update.
    
      37# LICENSE and zcode.sh are local repo files tracked by git, kept as SKIP.
    
      38sha256sums=('128132b195977fd0a8c8a6c295cf42fe159222d7a5c5efefd8b5f00ef88ab8b6'
    
      39            'SKIP'
    
      40            'SKIP')
    
      41
    
      42_get_app_dir() {
    
      43    find "${srcdir}" -type f -name "resources.pak" -exec dirname {} + | head -n 1
    
      44}
    
      45
    
      46_check_electron_version() {
    
      47    echo "Verifying Electron version..."
    
      48    local _app_dir=$(_get_app_dir)
    
      49    local _main_exe=""
    
      50    if [[ -n "${_app_dir}" ]]; then
    
      51        _main_exe=$(find "${_app_dir}" -maxdepth 1 -type f -executable -printf '%s %p\n' | sort -nr | head -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f2-)
    
      52    fi
    
      53    if [[ -n "${_main_exe}" ]]; then
    
      54        local _elec_ver=$(strings "${_main_exe}" | grep '^Chrome/[0-9.]* Electron/[0-9]' | cut -d'/' -f3 | cut -d'.' -f1 | head -n 1)
    
      55        if [[ -n "${_elec_ver}" ]]; then
    
      56            if [[ "${_elec_ver}" != "${_electronversion}" ]]; then
    
      57                echo -e "\033[1;31mWarning: Electron version mismatch! Detected: ${_elec_ver}, Expected: ${_electronversion}\033[0m"
    
      58            else
    
      59                echo -e "Electron version verified: \033[1;31m${_elec_ver}\033[0m"
    
      60            fi
    
      61        fi
    
      62    else
    
      63        echo -e "\033[1;33mNote: Could not find Electron binary for version verification.\033[0m"
    
      64    fi
    
      65}
    
      66
    
      67prepare() {
    
      68    bsdtar -xf "${srcdir}/data."*
    
      69    _check_electron_version
    
      70
    
      71    # Substitute placeholders in launcher script
    
      72    sed -i -e "
    
      73        s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
    
      74        s/@appname@/${pkgname%-bin}/g
    
      75        s/@runname@/app.asar/g
    
      76        s/@cfgdirname@/${_pkgname}/g
    
      77    " "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-bin}.sh"
    
      78
    
      79    # Fix .desktop file: remove /opt/ZCode/ prefix so Exec references the launcher directly
    
      80    sed -i "s/\/opt\/${_pkgname}\///g" "${srcdir}/usr/share/applications/${pkgname%-bin}.desktop"
    
      81
    
      82    # Unpack app.asar, patch process.resourcesPath, and repack
    
      83    local _app_dir=$(_get_app_dir)
    
      84    asar e "${_app_dir}/resources/app.asar" "${srcdir}/app.asar.unpacked"
    
      85    rm -rf "${_app_dir}/resources/app.asar"
    
      86    find "${srcdir}/app.asar.unpacked/out" -type f -exec sed -i "s/process.resourcesPath/'\/usr\/lib\/${pkgname%-bin}'/g" {} +
    
      87    asar p "${srcdir}/app.asar.unpacked" "${_app_dir}/resources/app.asar"
    
      88    rm -rf "${srcdir}/app.asar.unpacked"
    
      89
    
      90    # Use system ripgrep instead of bundled
    
      91    ln -sf "/usr/bin/rg" "${_app_dir}/resources/tools/ripgrep/rg"
    
      92
    
      93    # Remove unnecessary files to reduce package size
    
      94    rm -rf \
    
      95        "${_app_dir}/resources/"{apparmor-profile,package-type} \
    
      96        "${_app_dir}/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@lydell" \
    
      97        "${_app_dir}/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/node-pty/"{bin,deps/winpty,prebuilds/{darwin-*,win32-*,linux-arm64}}
    
      98}
    
      99
    
      100package() {
    
      101    # Install launcher script
    
      102    install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-bin}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname%-bin}"
    
      103
    
      104    # Install app resources
    
      105    install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname%-bin}"
    
      106    local _app_dir=$(_get_app_dir)
    
      107    cp -a "${_app_dir}/resources/." "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname%-bin}/"
    
      108
    
      109    # Install .desktop file
    
      110    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/usr/share/applications/${pkgname%-bin}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
    
      111
    
      112    # Install icons
    
      113    find "${srcdir}" -type f \( -name "*.png" -o -name "*.svg" \) -path "*share/icons/*" | while read -r _i; do
    
      114        _extension="${_i##*.}"
    
      115        _icon_path="${_i#*share/icons/}"
    
      116        _target_dir="/usr/share/icons/$(dirname "${_icon_path}")"
    
      117        install -Dm644 "${_i}" "${pkgdir}${_target_dir}/${pkgname%-bin}.${_extension}"
    
      118    done
    
      119
    
      120    # Install license
    
      121    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/LICENSE" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
    
      122}
    
      123

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-10-24 00:14
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-11-01 00:21
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Contributor: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com> (launcher script approach)
 pkgname=zcode-bin
 _pkgname=ZCode
-pkgver=3.16.2
+pkgver=3.16.3
 _electronversion=41
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="ZCode - AI-powered code editor by ZAI"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 )
 # First entry: upstream .deb, pinned by zcode-update-checker.sh on each update.
 # LICENSE and zcode.sh are local repo files tracked by git, kept as SKIP.
-sha256sums=('31ba7519cddd732dbb61f7c1e52ef6d26081d1b135fa93950dbc5d400c26abbc'
+sha256sums=('128132b195977fd0a8c8a6c295cf42fe159222d7a5c5efefd8b5f00ef88ab8b6'
             'SKIP'
             'SKIP')
 

Scan history

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2026-11-01 00:21:48	Medium	2
2026-10-31 00:07:41	Medium	2
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