cursor-early-access-bin
MEDIUM
maintainer augusdogus
0 votes
scanned 2026-11-01 00:21:48.120785
Why flagged
The package downloads a prebuilt .deb from a non-whitelisted but project-owned host (downloads.cursor.com), which is an unverifiable executable artifact; however, it is the official release channel for Cursor, and the checksums are provided but skipped, increasing supply-chain risk if the source were swapped.
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, …).
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PKGBUILD:33
"cursor_${_upstream_pkgver}_amd64.deb::https://downloads.cursor.com/production/${_commit}/linux/x64/deb/amd64/deb/cursor_${_upstream_pkgver}_amd64.deb"
Medium
AI review
llm_review
An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 95%): The package downloads a prebuilt .deb from a non-whitelisted but project-owned host (downloads.cursor.com), which is an unverifiable executable artifact; however, it is the official release channel for Cursor, and the checksums are provided but skipped, increasing supply-chain risk if the source were swapped.
PKGBUILD
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# Maintainer: AugusDogus <augie@linux.com>
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pkgname=cursor-early-access-bin
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pkgver=3.28.5
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_upstream_pkgver=3.28.5
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pkgrel=1
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pkgdesc='AI-first coding environment (early access channel, bundled Electron)'
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arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')
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url="https://www.cursor.com"
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license=('LicenseRef-Cursor_EULA')
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provides=('cursor')
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conflicts=('cursor-bin' 'cursor-nightly-bin' 'cursor-ide-bin')
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depends=(
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'alsa-lib'
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'dbus'
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'gcc-libs'
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'gtk3'
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'libdrm'
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'libsecret'
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'libxkbfile'
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'mesa'
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'nss'
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'xdg-utils'
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)
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optdepends=(
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'libnotify: desktop notifications'
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'org.freedesktop.secrets: credential storage via SecretService'
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'libdbusmenu-glib: KDE global menu support'
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)
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options=(!strip !debug)
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_commit=18b4e7e5fb7fc450d7797e36c596c31aedaf59f2
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source_x86_64=(
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"cursor_${_upstream_pkgver}_amd64.deb::https://downloads.cursor.com/production/${_commit}/linux/x64/deb/amd64/deb/cursor_${_upstream_pkgver}_amd64.deb"
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)
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source_aarch64=(
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"cursor_${_upstream_pkgver}_arm64.deb::https://downloads.cursor.com/production/${_commit}/linux/arm64/deb/arm64/deb/cursor_${_upstream_pkgver}_arm64.deb"
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)
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source=(
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cursor.desktop
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cursor-launcher.sh
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)
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sha512sums_x86_64=('SKIP')
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sha512sums_aarch64=('SKIP')
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sha512sums=(
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'037aa5d878eddb06fc1d5be788e7bc64545773decacb34228053be746dfc33237371ad49cc331dac8e3437d7d885a9bc1564d0f114fc22e308827b33d0c55ad8'
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'9defecd35fd033a484642732605264cc00faf5791d852234d9705bf9ac005c76173780cd496208e4150685ac9ddbb73c8eb87cd5141526dd4521d455342e8233')
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sha512sums_x86_64[0]=641fc300186e2495aea822f2179ed2739e370a679f985aedf094e9c5eda8bb4a94f7ccef9926d5f467b18f7df8ec303dcb390681c1ebea63aee1f25350fa71ff
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sha512sums_aarch64[0]=89729347677b3310fc14390b53bdfffcb361271c1acff11b7b557fb3986c4113858defdbbdaf5708338c25dbbd599674f8071352b4ca8d5ef60b6748b7694c92
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noextract=(
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"cursor_${_upstream_pkgver}_amd64.deb"
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"cursor_${_upstream_pkgver}_arm64.deb"
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)
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package() {
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case "$CARCH" in
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x86_64) _deb="cursor_${_upstream_pkgver}_amd64.deb" ;;
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aarch64) _deb="cursor_${_upstream_pkgver}_arm64.deb" ;;
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esac
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# Extract full deb — keep bundled Electron intact.
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bsdtar -xOf "$_deb" data.tar.xz |
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tar -xJf - -C "$pkgdir"
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# Fix zsh completion path for Arch
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if [[ -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/zsh/vendor-completions" ]]; then
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mv "$pkgdir/usr/share/zsh/vendor-completions" \
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"$pkgdir/usr/share/zsh/site-functions"
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fi
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install -Dm644 "$srcdir/cursor.desktop" \
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"$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/cursor.desktop"
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install -Dm755 "$srcdir/cursor-launcher.sh" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/cursor"
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_license="$pkgdir/usr/share/cursor/resources/app/LICENSE.txt"
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if [[ ! -f "$_license" ]]; then
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_license=$(find "$pkgdir/usr/share/cursor" -maxdepth 8 -type f \( -name 'LICENSE.txt' -o -name 'LICENSE' \) -print -quit 2>/dev/null)
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fi
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if [[ -f "$_license" ]]; then
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install -Dm644 "$_license" "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
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else
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echo "Warning: Cursor license file not found in .deb; skipping /usr/share/licenses install" >&2
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fi
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if [[ -f "$pkgdir/usr/share/cursor/chrome-sandbox" ]]; then
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chmod 4755 "$pkgdir/usr/share/cursor/chrome-sandbox"
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fi
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}
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Changes since previous scan
--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-10-29 00:13+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-11-01 00:21@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ # Maintainer: AugusDogus <augie@linux.com> pkgname=cursor-early-access-bin-pkgver=3.27.22-_upstream_pkgver=3.27.22+pkgver=3.28.5+_upstream_pkgver=3.28.5 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc='AI-first coding environment (early access channel, bundled Electron)' arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ 'libdbusmenu-glib: KDE global menu support' ) options=(!strip !debug)-_commit=b1aa50cb6db84fd3e8c808259cb172ea73425c1f+_commit=18b4e7e5fb7fc450d7797e36c596c31aedaf59f2 source_x86_64=( "cursor_${_upstream_pkgver}_amd64.deb::https://downloads.cursor.com/production/${_commit}/linux/x64/deb/amd64/deb/cursor_${_upstream_pkgver}_amd64.deb" )@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ sha512sums=( '037aa5d878eddb06fc1d5be788e7bc64545773decacb34228053be746dfc33237371ad49cc331dac8e3437d7d885a9bc1564d0f114fc22e308827b33d0c55ad8' '9defecd35fd033a484642732605264cc00faf5791d852234d9705bf9ac005c76173780cd496208e4150685ac9ddbb73c8eb87cd5141526dd4521d455342e8233')-sha512sums_x86_64[0]=9aeaade82e088b7d02be764c3d82d33043bdbe3b986b064bd41aa2d22155fcee26d292ed64a8b1957e1face1c01817f8d45f0b141b3e014772af62641103ca2c-sha512sums_aarch64[0]=644bbfd8efdae50e86c3e58860a054ab493b03573dbe877331f65cbf9d04f97f3fa9f1bd1417e117ca5bb999b45887fd2192b0e74b65e7c343eba7f68e3bfce7+sha512sums_x86_64[0]=641fc300186e2495aea822f2179ed2739e370a679f985aedf094e9c5eda8bb4a94f7ccef9926d5f467b18f7df8ec303dcb390681c1ebea63aee1f25350fa71ff+sha512sums_aarch64[0]=89729347677b3310fc14390b53bdfffcb361271c1acff11b7b557fb3986c4113858defdbbdaf5708338c25dbbd599674f8071352b4ca8d5ef60b6748b7694c92 noextract=( "cursor_${_upstream_pkgver}_amd64.deb" "cursor_${_upstream_pkgver}_arm64.deb"@@ -183,3 +183,4 @@ +Scan history
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| 2026-11-01 00:21:48 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-31 00:07:41 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-30 00:29:30 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-29 01:51:16 | Medium | 2 |
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