gemistdownloader

LOW

maintainer einokarlsson 6 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The package downloads a source zip from a non-whitelisted but plausibly project-owned host (helpdeskweb.nl) which contains the project's own executable and scripts; this is a normal build process for the software, and the worst case of a swapped source would be code execution, but the context suggests it is the official source, making it low risk.

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 source zip from a non-whitelisted but plausibly project-owned host (helpdeskweb.nl) which contains the project's own executable and scripts; this is a normal build process for the software, and the worst case of a swapped source would be code execution, but the context suggests it is the official source, making it low risk.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:14 source=(http://www.helpdeskweb.nl/mono_${_pkgname}_${_pkgver}.zip

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: François Menning <f.menning@pm.me>
    
      2# Contributer: Marcel Korpel <marcel[dot]korpel[at]gmail>
    
      3
    
      4_pkgname=GemistDownloader
    
      5pkgver=2.9.0.8a
    
      6pkgname=${_pkgname,,}
    
      7_pkgver=${pkgver//.}
    
      8pkgrel=2
    
      9pkgdesc='Download programmes from Dutch broadcasting companies'
    
      10arch=('any')
    
      11url="http://helpdeskweb.nl/gemistdownloader/mono"
    
      12license=('CCPL:by-nc-nd')
    
      13depends=('gtk-sharp-2' 'ffmpeg')
    
      14source=(http://www.helpdeskweb.nl/mono_${_pkgname}_${_pkgver}.zip
    
      15        ${pkgname}.sh
    
      16        'gemistdownloader.desktop'
    
      17        'gemistdownloader.png')
    
      18sha256sums=('7c4050fa8508401a9796f7327fab8ac8b0e78a99e7ed24aa42246fa90211ad93'
    
      19            '08fa204eec19b630837409c66bfe087a21bcebffa57f14919f1b88435f70da3a'
    
      20            '10c6364695b45a66346c75b36cd664d36df6e4e8e73f05f4f2c79a014a2f16d6'
    
      21            '40a249a289bf4425457694f7fe38e5674463d47b7b5a1af9262e097cad924e9c')
    
      22
    
      23package() {
    
      24  cd "$srcdir"
    
      25
    
      26  install -Dm644 ${_pkgname}.exe "${pkgdir}/usr/share/${pkgname}/${_pkgname}.exe"
    
      27  install -Dm755 ${pkgname}.sh "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
    
      28
    
      29  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/gemistdownloader.desktop" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/gemistdownloader.desktop"
    
      30  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/gemistdownloader.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/gemistdownloader.png"
    
      31}
    
      32

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