neo4j-desktop-2

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

The package downloads an official AppImage from neo4j.com, a legitimate and project-related domain, despite the URL being indirectly formed; the AppImage is extracted and installed without executing untrusted remote code, and the worst case of a swapped source would be a compromised official binary, which is a low-severity supply-chain risk for this type of package.

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 an official AppImage from neo4j.com, a legitimate and project-related domain, despite the URL being indirectly formed; the AppImage is extracted and installed without executing untrusted remote code, and the worst case of a swapped source would be a compromised official binary, which is a low-severity supply-chain risk for this type of package.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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=("${_appimage}::https://neo4j.com/artifact.php?name=${_appimage}")

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: Lia Bertran Roca <lia@bertran.xyz>
2_pkgname=neo4j-desktop
3pkgname=neo4j-desktop-2
4pkgver=2.1.4
5pkgrel=2
6pkgdesc="GUI for managing local and remote Neo4j Graph databases"
7arch=('x86_64')
8url=http://neo4j.org/
9license=(custom)
10depends=('fuse')
11optdepends=('gnome-keyring: Adds support for storing secrets')
12options=(!strip)
13_appimage="${_pkgname}-offline-${pkgver}-${CARCH}.AppImage"
14source=("${_appimage}::https://neo4j.com/artifact.php?name=${_appimage}")
15noextract=("${_appimage}")
16md5sums=('e374e3d9bf8dc42e9bc1251461d5be69')
17conflicts=("${_pkgname}")
18
19prepare() {
20 chmod +x "${_appimage}"
21 ./"${_appimage}" --appimage-extract
22}
23
24build() {
25 # Adjust .desktop so it will work outside AppImage container
26 sed -i -E "s|Exec=AppRun|Exec=/usr/bin/${_pkgname}|" "squashfs-root/${_pkgname}.desktop" \
27 "squashfs-root/${_pkgname}.desktop"
28
29 # Fix permissions; .AppImage permissions are 700 for all directories
30 chmod -R a-x+rX squashfs-root/usr
31}
32
33package() {
34 # AppImage
35 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${_appimage}" "${pkgdir}/opt/${_pkgname}/${_pkgname}.AppImage"
36 # install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/LICENSE"
37
38 # Desktop file
39 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/squashfs-root/${_pkgname}.desktop" \
40 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/${_pkgname}.desktop"
41
42 # Icon images
43 install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/"
44 cp -a "${srcdir}/squashfs-root/usr/share/icons" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/"
45
46 # Symlink executable
47 install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
48 ln -n "${pkgdir}/opt/${_pkgname}/${_pkgname}.AppImage" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${_pkgname}"
49}
50

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)SeverityRules
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
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2026-09-01 00:11:19 Low 2
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