cubbit

LOW
maintainer veger 1 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658
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Why flagged

The package downloads a prebuilt AppImage from the project's official domain (cubbit.io), which is a standard distribution method; the source is not from a swappable host, and the AppImage is unpacked and installed without executing 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 95%): The package downloads a prebuilt AppImage from the project's official domain (cubbit.io), which is a standard distribution method; the source is not from a swappable host, and the AppImage is unpacked and installed without executing arbitrary remote code.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:13 source=("https://get.cubbit.io/desktop/linux/Cubbit-${pkgver}.AppImage")

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: Maarten Bezemer <maarten.bezemer@gmail.com>
2
3pkgname=cubbit
4pkgdesc='Cubbit desktop-sync application'
5pkgver=9.5.1
6pkgrel=1
7arch=('x86_64')
8url='https://www.cubbit.io/'
9license=('custom')
10depends=('gtk2' 'hicolor-icon-theme' 'libxss' 'libxtst')
11optdepends=('libappindicator-gtk2' 'libnotify')
12options=('!strip')
13source=("https://get.cubbit.io/desktop/linux/Cubbit-${pkgver}.AppImage")
14sha256sums=('75b8c96818e3006f83509466b26def17d012312f819053d9c2673dbaacbf199b')
15
16prepare() {
17 chmod +x Cubbit-${pkgver}.AppImage
18 ./Cubbit-${pkgver}.AppImage --appimage-extract
19
20 sed -e 's#Exec=AppRun#Exec=@cubbitdesktop#g' squashfs-root/@cubbitdesktop.desktop > @cubbitdesktop.desktop
21 sed -e '/^THIS=/i APPDIR=/usr/share/cubbit' squashfs-root/AppRun > AppRun
22}
23
24package() {
25 install -dm755 "$pkgdir"/usr/share/
26
27 for i in 16x16 24x24 32x32 48x48 64x64 96x96 128x128 256x256 400x400; do
28 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${i}/apps/@cubbitdesktop.png \
29 "$pkgdir"/usr/share/icons/hicolor/$i/apps/@cubbitdesktop.png
30 done
31
32 install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/@cubbitdesktop -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/
33 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/icudtl.dat -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/
34 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/chrome*.pak -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/
35 install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/chrome_crashpad_handler -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/
36 install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/chrome-sandbox -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/
37 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/resources.pak -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/
38 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/lib* -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/
39 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/snapshot_blob.bin -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/
40 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/v8_context_snapshot.bin -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/
41 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/vk_swiftshader_icd.json -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/
42 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/locales/* -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/locales/
43 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/resources/app-update.yml -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/resources
44 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/resources/app.asar -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/resources
45 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/resources/app.asar.unpacked/sql/migrations/* -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/resources/app.asar.unpacked/sql/migrations/
46 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/swiftshader/* -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/cubbit/swiftshader/
47
48 install -d "$pkgdir"/usr/bin
49 install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/AppRun -T "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/@cubbitdesktop
50 install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/bin/gozer -T "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/gozer
51
52 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/license.txt -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname
53 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/LICENSE.electron.txt -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname
54 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/squashfs-root/LICENSES.chromium.html -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname
55
56 install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/@cubbitdesktop.desktop -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/applications
57}
58

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