createtorrent

LOW

maintainer notizblock 28 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The source is downloaded from a non-whitelisted but plausible upstream mirror (macports.org), the package builds from source and installs a self-contained utility, with no evidence of malicious behavior or 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 90%): The source is downloaded from a non-whitelisted but plausible upstream mirror (macports.org), the package builds from source and installs a self-contained utility, with no evidence of malicious behavior or remote code execution.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

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:12 source=(https://distfiles.macports.org/createtorrent/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: nblock <nblock [/at\] archlinux DOT us>
    
      2# Contributor: pfleidi
    
      3
    
      4pkgname=createtorrent
    
      5pkgver=1.1.4
    
      6pkgrel=6
    
      7pkgdesc="A small and fast command line utility for all Linux and Unix operating systems to create BitTorrent files easily."
    
      8url="https://createtorrent.sourceforge.net"
    
      9arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
    
      10license=('GPL')
    
      11depends=('openssl')
    
      12source=(https://distfiles.macports.org/createtorrent/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
    
      13md5sums=('922b18eeec74ea81f22a3392e2680307')
    
      14sha1sums=('f96fec9b8e1daa06d180f985f58b6d57a05d262d')
    
      15
    
      16build() {
    
      17   cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
    
      18   LDFLAGS="-lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lz" ./configure --prefix=/usr
    
      19   make
    
      20}
    
      21
    
      22package() {
    
      23   cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
    
      24   make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install
    
      25}
    
      26
    
      27# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
    
      28

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