hqplayer6
The package downloads a prebuilt .deb from the vendor's official domain, but the source is a binary package with a fixed checksum, creating a supply-chain risk if the host were compromised; however, it is from the project's official site and not an arbitrary third party.
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:14
source=("https://www.signalyst.com/bins/resolute/hqplayer6desktop_"$_debpkgver"_amd64.deb")
llm_review
An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 95%): The package downloads a prebuilt .deb from the vendor's official domain, but the source is a binary package with a fixed checksum, creating a supply-chain risk if the host were compromised; however, it is from the project's official site and not an arbitrary third party.
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: AudioLinux <audiolinux AT fastmail DOT fm>
pkgname=hqplayer6
pkgver=6.1.1
_debpkgver=6.1.1-5
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="The high-end upsampling multichannel software HD-audio player"
arch=('x86_64')
url="http://www.signalyst.com/consumer.html"
license=('custom')
depends=('glibc' 'gcc-libs' 'libx11' 'libusb-compat' 'openmp' 'qt6-base' 'qt6-charts' 'libmicrohttpd' 'alsa-lib' 'flac' 'wavpack' 'mpg123')
optdepends=('hqplayer-client' 'evince: hqplayer manual reading')
conflicts=('hqplayer4' 'hqplayer5')
source=("https://www.signalyst.com/bins/resolute/hqplayer6desktop_"$_debpkgver"_amd64.deb")
sha256sums=('10a0449e71d0f2a79c2d62161626b9d6fe89b5c3937256927b352c7078f9ade1')
options=(!strip)
install=${pkgname}.install
package() {
cd $srcdir
bsdtar xf data.tar.zst -C "$pkgdir"
install -Dm644 "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/hqplayer6desktop/copyright" "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/COPYING"
rm "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/hqplayer6desktop/copyright"
rm $pkgdir/usr/bin/hqplayer6client
rm $pkgdir/usr/share/applications/hqplayer6client.desktop
rm $pkgdir/usr/share/pixmaps/hqplayer6client.png
}
Changes since previous scan
--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-10-15 00:28+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-11-01 00:21@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ # Maintainer: AudioLinux <audiolinux AT fastmail DOT fm> pkgname=hqplayer6-pkgver=6.1.0-_debpkgver=6.1.0-4+pkgver=6.1.1+_debpkgver=6.1.1-5 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="The high-end upsampling multichannel software HD-audio player" arch=('x86_64')@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ depends=('glibc' 'gcc-libs' 'libx11' 'libusb-compat' 'openmp' 'qt6-base' 'qt6-charts' 'libmicrohttpd' 'alsa-lib' 'flac' 'wavpack' 'mpg123') optdepends=('hqplayer-client' 'evince: hqplayer manual reading') conflicts=('hqplayer4' 'hqplayer5')-source=("https://www.signalyst.com/bins/noble/hqplayer6desktop_"$_debpkgver"_amd64.deb")-sha256sums=('0caadf28b77697508311b5405ffa872ec0b60a82cf32ebe765ac31e505456a35')+source=("https://www.signalyst.com/bins/resolute/hqplayer6desktop_"$_debpkgver"_amd64.deb")+sha256sums=('10a0449e71d0f2a79c2d62161626b9d6fe89b5c3937256927b352c7078f9ade1') options=(!strip) install=${pkgname}.install 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 00:13:55 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-28 00:06:54 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-27 00:23:28 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-26 00:12:40 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-25 00:20:48 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-24 00:14:55 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-23 00:02:19 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-22 00:13:10 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-21 00:12:50 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-20 00:10:31 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-19 00:03:55 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-18 00:06:55 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-17 00:21:55 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-16 00:12:47 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-15 07:10:53 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-15 00:28:05 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-14 00:06:47 | Medium | 2 |