desktime
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:11
source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.deb::https://desktime.com/updates/electron/linux?deb")
llm_review
An AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 72%): The source URL 'https://desktime.com/updates/electron/linux?deb' is a query-parameter redirect endpoint rather than a versioned, stable artifact URL. This means the URL does not pin to a specific release — it resolves to whatever the server currently serves as 'latest'. The sha256sum provides a snapshot integrity check at packaging time, but if the upstream server silently rotates the binary (e.g. after a compromise or intentional swap), the checksum in the PKGBUILD would become stale and a future build without checksum verification could pull a different binary. More critically, the package() function runs 'bsdtar -xf data.tar.xz' without first extracting the .deb properly (missing the 'ar x' step to unpack the .deb into control.tar and data.tar.xz), suggesting the build may be broken or relies on a side-effect. The core concern is a prebuilt proprietary binary installed from a non-versioned endpoint — a real supply-chain risk for executed code, even though the domain is the official vendor domain. This is a genuine medium: not clearly malicious, but the floating URL pattern means the sha256 check is the only guard and future updates could silently change the binary.
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlightedpkgname=desktime
pkgver=6.1.3
pkgrel=0
pkgdesc="Desktime client for Linux"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://desktime.com"
license=(custom)
depends=(desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme libappindicator-gtk2 libxss)
install=$pkgname.install
source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.deb::https://desktime.com/updates/electron/linux?deb")
sha256sums=('79fec9a56da8b0e07b8e34f91d0c9933d88451fdcc92e1f542be292702babd77')
package()
{
bsdtar -xf data.tar.xz -C "$pkgdir/"
}
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Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 00:08:14 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-08-02 00:16:08 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-08-01 00:11:18 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-31 00:14:10 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-30 00:17:23 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-29 00:25:53 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-28 00:07:28 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-27 00:24:32 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-26 00:07:32 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-25 00:13:44 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-24 00:02:28 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-23 00:14:47 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-22 00:29:32 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-21 00:24:15 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-20 00:19:49 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-19 00:17:08 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-18 00:14:48 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-17 00:06:16 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-16 00:05:41 | MEDIUM | 2 |
| 2026-07-15 00:09:25 | MEDIUM | 2 |