Build fails because of 7zip corporate security policy, can it be bypassed?

• Electron-Builder Version: 22.13.1

• Node Version: 14.18.3

• Electron Version: 16.0.7
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current

• Target: Windows

Hello, my build fails because 7zip is banned in our organization because of security concerns, and one of the steps seems to be trying to execute 7za.exe to extract an archive (electron-builder\Cache\winCodeSign). Is there a way to bypass this step or perform it without 7zip?

[digeomel]

@mmaietta unfortunately I cannot test this scenario anymore. I resorted to building the app outside the corporate environment, on my personal laptop. Whatever npm modules were private to the organization, I copied over my local node_modules folder so they wouldn’t have to be downloaded, and it worked.

[digeomel]

@mmaietta thank you for your answer. It’s a pity that we need to download a binary executable for this, I would have expected at least a fallback option to do it with some zip npm module (even if it’s going to be slower). I assume 7zip will be a no-go for lots of corporate environments: https://www.groovypost.com/news/serious-security-exploits-found-in-7-zip-update-available/