aurora-timetable
The PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt .deb binary package from timetable-software.com (the project's own domain) and installs a Java application from it. There is no prepare() step to unpack the .deb before package(), which means data.tar.gz must be extracted elsewhere (likely in a prepare() that's missing, or the build relies on the .deb being auto-unpacked — this is actually a functional issue). The core concern is that a prebuilt binary JAR/application is pulled from a third-party host with only a sha256 checksum for integrity. The host appears to be the legitimate upstream vendor site matching the url= field, which reduces but does not eliminate supply-chain risk. The sha256sum pins the specific artifact, providing some protection against substitution. This is a standard pattern for AUR packages wrapping proprietary or upstream-distributed binaries, and the domain matches the upstream project URL. The risk is real but typical for this class of AUR package — not clearly malicious, but an executed binary from a non-Arch-official host. Rating remains medium. Note: the PKGBUILD also appears broken since data.tar.gz is never extracted from the .deb in the shown code (no ar/unpack step), but that is a separate functional issue.
Triggered rules
source_untrusted_domain
One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).
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PKGBUILD:15
source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.deb::https://timetable-software.com/download/aurora-orarend_${pkgver}-1.deb")
llm_review
An AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 72%): The PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt .deb binary package from timetable-software.com (the project's own domain) and installs a Java application from it. There is no prepare() step to unpack the .deb before package(), which means data.tar.gz must be extracted elsewhere (likely in a prepare() that's missing, or the build relies on the .deb being auto-unpacked — this is actually a functional issue). The core concern is that a prebuilt binary JAR/application is pulled from a third-party host with only a sha256 checksum for integrity. The host appears to be the legitimate upstream vendor site matching the url= field, which reduces but does not eliminate supply-chain risk. The sha256sum pins the specific artifact, providing some protection against substitution. This is a standard pattern for AUR packages wrapping proprietary or upstream-distributed binaries, and the domain matches the upstream project URL. The risk is real but typical for this class of AUR package — not clearly malicious, but an executed binary from a non-Arch-official host. Rating remains medium. Note: the PKGBUILD also appears broken since data.tar.gz is never extracted from the .deb in the shown code (no ar/unpack step), but that is a separate functional issue.
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: Dimitris Kiziridis <ragouel at outlook dot com>
pkgname=aurora-timetable
pkgver=0.13.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A timetable generator and editor application, mainly for elementary and high schools"
arch=('any')
url='https://timetable-software.com'
provides=('aurora-orarend')
license=('Apache')
depends=('java-runtime>=8'
'bash'
'hicolor-icon-theme')
makedepends=('tar')
source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.deb::https://timetable-software.com/download/aurora-orarend_${pkgver}-1.deb")
sha256sums=('3af580c59dda8699d26ad06a9237898614967fd7f63558a7305a5d2cadee1dd7')
package() {
tar xvf data.tar.gz -C "${pkgdir}/"
install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/java"
mv "${pkgdir}/usr/share/aurora-orarend" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/java/"
sed -i "3s|aurora-orarend|java/aurora-orarend|" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/aurora-orarend"
}
Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 00:27:14 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-16 00:03:17 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-15 00:25:31 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-14 00:27:57 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-13 00:19:54 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-12 00:25:17 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-11 00:19:22 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-10 00:22:44 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-09 00:04:09 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-08 00:18:08 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-07 00:30:15 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-06 00:17:06 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-05 00:16:27 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-04 00:03:13 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-03 00:15:47 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-02 00:02:31 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-01 00:11:19 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-08-31 00:19:57 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-08-30 00:04:14 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-08-29 00:29:17 | Medium | 2 |