nvflash
The package downloads a source archive from techpowerup.com, a well-known and trusted hardware website, to build a legitimate firmware tool; the host is non-whitelisted but plausibly official, and the source is verified via a fixed sha256sum, making the risk low despite the non-standard host flag.
Triggered rules
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 archive from techpowerup.com, a well-known and trusted hardware website, to build a legitimate firmware tool; the host is non-whitelisted but plausibly official, and the source is verified via a fixed sha256sum, making the risk low despite the non-standard host flag.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
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:8
url="https://www.techpowerup.com/download/nvidia-nvflash/"
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: Martin Rys <https://rys.rs/contact>
# Contributor: Jonatan Holmgren <jonatan at jontes dot page>
# Contributor: Shayne Hartford<shayneehartford@gmail.com>
pkgname=nvflash
pkgver=5.867
pkgrel=4
pkgdesc="A tool to update the the firmware of Nvidia display adapters"
url="https://www.techpowerup.com/download/nvidia-nvflash/"
arch=('x86_64' 'i686' 'aarch64')
license=('unknown')
depends=('glibc')
makedepends=('curl' 'unzip')
# id == filename
# server_id == server to download from
DLAGENTS=(
#"https::/usr/bin/wget --method POST --header 'content-type:\ application/x-www-form-urlencoded' --body-data id=2807&server_id=27 -O %o %u"
"https::/usr/bin/curl -L -A 'NVFlash\ AUR\ Package\ Builder\ ${pkgver}-${pkgrel}' -e %u --header 'Content-Type:\ application/x-www-form-urlencoded' --data-raw id=2807&server_id=27 -o %o %u"
)
source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.zip::https://www.techpowerup.com/download/nvidia-nvflash/")
sha256sums=('73ab51e121129059f1377b3bf21a8001f6649d64af2471455499c803a9c80301')
package() {
subd=$(echo "${arch}" | sed -e 's/x86_64/x64/' -e 's/i686/x32/')
install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${subd}/${pkgname}" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
}
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 |