pcloud-drive
MEDIUM
maintainer zbe
95 votes
scanned 2026-11-01 00:21:48.120785
Why flagged
The package downloads a prebuilt AppImage from a dynamically resolved pcloud.com host via an API call, which is an unverifiable and potentially swappable source, posing a supply-chain risk if the API or host were compromised.
Triggered rules
Medium
External download from an untrusted host, not in source=()
external_download_not_in_source
curl/wget fetches a URL on a non-allowlisted host that is not part of source=(), so it is not checksum-verified by makepkg.
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PKGBUILD:20
_api_response="$(curl -s "https://api.pcloud.com/getpublinkdownload?code=${_api_code}")"
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, …).
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PKGBUILD:24
"${_appimage}::https://${_dlhost}${_dlpath}")
Medium
AI review
llm_review
An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 95%): The package downloads a prebuilt AppImage from a dynamically resolved pcloud.com host via an API call, which is an unverifiable and potentially swappable source, posing a supply-chain risk if the API or host were compromised.
PKGBUILD
2 offending line(s) highlighted
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# Maintainer: zbe <aur at zbe dot bz>
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# Contributor: Winston Astrachan <rew1red at rew1 dot red>
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# Contributor: Plague-doctor <plague at privacyrequired dot com>
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pkgname=pcloud-drive
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pkgver=2.3.0
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pkgrel=1
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pkgdesc='pCloud drive. Electron edition.'
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arch=('x86_64')
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url='https://www.pcloud.com/'
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license=("LicenseRef-${pkgname}")
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depends=('fuse2' 'zlib' 'hicolor-icon-theme')
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optdepends=('libappindicator-gtk3: Tray menu support')
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options=(!strip !debug)
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install="${pkgname}.install"
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replaces=('pcloud-git' 'pcloud')
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_shortname='pcloud'
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_appimage="${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.AppImage"
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_api_code='XZrYdRJZLS6RF4kf6Jy6GFr4jqkc4S34Rlgy'
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_api_response="$(curl -s "https://api.pcloud.com/getpublinkdownload?code=${_api_code}")"
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_dlhost="$(echo ${_api_response} | grep -E -o '[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.pcloud\.com' | head -n 2 | sort -R | head -n 1)"
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_dlpath="$(echo ${_api_response} | grep -E -o "\"path\":\s{0,1}\".+\"" | cut -d '"' -f 4 | tr -d '\\')"
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source=('LICENSE'
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"${_appimage}::https://${_dlhost}${_dlpath}")
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sha256sums=('9dce0249569d9dc9f00217009880458cf669a657ebb6604b4e52be4e875f1a42'
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'07e404be9e37ef2dffb6541fea74f10601f2a33fe490bcaa895fb5b238f81af6')
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prepare() {
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chmod +x "${_appimage}"
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"./${_appimage}" --appimage-extract
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}
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package() {
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cd "${srcdir}"
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# Self-contained bundle under /opt; kept out of /usr/lib so its private
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# Electron/Chromium libs can't collide with real system ones.
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install -d "${pkgdir}/opt/${_shortname}"
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cp -r squashfs-root/. "${pkgdir}/opt/${_shortname}/"
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# appimage-extract can leave entries owner-only; make everything
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# traversable/usable by normal users without touching non-exec files.
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chmod -R u+rwX,go+rX "${pkgdir}/opt/${_shortname}"
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# Setuid chrome-sandbox is dead weight here: pacman strips setuid on
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# install, so it could never engage; app already runs unsandboxed.
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find "${pkgdir}/opt/${_shortname}" -name chrome-sandbox -delete
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# Install License
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install -Dm644 LICENSE "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
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# Icons
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install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor"
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cp -r "${pkgdir}/opt/${_shortname}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/." \
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"${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/"
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# Drop the bundle's now-unused icon copy and the symlinks left dangling by it.
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rm -rf "${pkgdir}/opt/${_shortname}/usr/share/icons" \
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"${pkgdir}/opt/${_shortname}/.DirIcon" \
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"${pkgdir}/opt/${_shortname}/pcloud.png"
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# Same desktop-file ID pCloud self-writes on every launch, so its copy
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# shadows ours by XDG precedence -- one menu entry instead of two.
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install -Dm644 "${pkgdir}/opt/${_shortname}/${_shortname}.desktop" \
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"${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/appimagekit-${_shortname}.desktop"
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sed -i "s/Name=pcloud/Name=pCloud/" \
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"${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/appimagekit-${_shortname}.desktop"
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sed -i "s|Exec=AppRun|Exec=/usr/bin/${_shortname}|" \
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"${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/appimagekit-${_shortname}.desktop"
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# AppRun sets up LD_LIBRARY_PATH and execs the real binary directly, so
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# there's no runtime squashfs mount left for a crash to tear down.
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install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
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ln -sf "/opt/${_shortname}/AppRun" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${_shortname}"
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# Permanent compat shim: pCloud hardcodes this old path into files it
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# self-manages under $HOME and doesn't reliably regenerate them.
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ln -sf AppRun "${pkgdir}/opt/${_shortname}/pCloud.AppImage"
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}
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Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 00:21:48 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-31 00:07:41 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-30 00:29:30 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-29 00:13:55 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-28 00:06:54 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-27 00:23:28 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-26 00:12:40 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-25 00:20:48 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-24 00:14:55 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-23 00:02:19 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-22 00:13:10 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-21 13:31:17 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-21 00:12:50 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-20 00:10:31 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-19 00:03:55 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-18 00:06:55 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-17 00:21:55 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-16 00:12:47 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-15 00:28:05 | Medium | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 00:06:47 | Medium | 3 |