phoenix-arch

maintainer celenity · 6 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
LOW
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Why flagged The package downloads a prebuilt archive from a non-whitelisted but project-associated host (releases.celenity.dev) and installs configuration files and assets; these are non-executable data files for Firefox, so the worst-case impact of a malicious swap is limited to configuration tampering, not code execution.

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-2507) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The package downloads a prebuilt archive from a non-whitelisted but project-associated host (releases.celenity.dev) and installs configuration files and assets; these are non-executable data files for Firefox, so the worst-case impact of a malicious swap is limited to configuration tampering, not code execution.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:9 source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.tar.xz::https://releases.celenity.dev/phoenix/releases/2026.07.27.1/linux/phoenix-2026.07.27.1-linux.tar.xz")

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: celenity <celenity@celenity.dev>
2pkgname=phoenix-arch
3pkgver=202607271
4pkgrel=1
5pkgdesc="Phoenix is a suite of configurations & advanced modifications for Mozilla Firefox, designed to put the user first - with a focus on privacy, security, freedom, & usability."
6arch=(any)
7license=('GPL-3.0-or-later')
8url="https://phoenix.celenity.dev"
9source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.tar.xz::https://releases.celenity.dev/phoenix/releases/2026.07.27.1/linux/phoenix-2026.07.27.1-linux.tar.xz")
10sha512sums=('134cb3c64c2b053401e786d0b8239186fdad3140d2aad53f34302daa5fe601e1f44cafc921c15e82735ae60c9a36020bb32230cbdf066eeffb7e03108e6a0311')
11
12pkgver() {
13 echo "$pkgver"
14}
15
16package() {
17 local tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
18
19 tar xJf "$srcdir/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.tar.xz" -C "$tmpdir"
20
21 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/assets/about/attribution.css" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/assets/about/attribution.css"
22 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/assets/about/attribution.html" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/assets/about/attribution.html"
23 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/assets/about/phoenix.css" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/assets/about/phoenix.css"
24 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/assets/about/phoenix.html" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/assets/about/phoenix.html"
25 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/assets/phoenix.png" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/assets/phoenix.png"
26 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/defaults/pref/phoenix.js" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/defaults/pref/phoenix.js"
27 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/etc/profile.d/phoenix-env-overrides.sh" "$pkgdir/etc/profile.d/phoenix-env-overrides.sh"
28 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/phoenix.cfg" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix.cfg"
29 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/policies/policies.json" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/policies/policies.json"
30 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/phoenix-specialized.cfg" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/phoenix-specialized.cfg"
31 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/README.md" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/README.md"
32 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/permissions/apple-maps-permissions.txt" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/permissions/apple-maps-permissions.txt"
33 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/permissions/discord-permissions.txt" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/permissions/discord-permissions.txt"
34 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/permissions/element-permissions.txt" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/permissions/element-permissions.txt"
35 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/permissions/google-maps-permissions.txt" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/permissions/google-maps-permissions.txt"
36 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/permissions/twitter-permissions.txt" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/permissions/twitter-permissions.txt"
37 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/userjs/apple-maps/user.js" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/userjs/apple-maps/user.js"
38 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/userjs/discord/user.js" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/userjs/discord/user.js"
39 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/userjs/element/user.js" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/userjs/element/user.js"
40 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/userjs/google-maps/user.js" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/userjs/google-maps/user.js"
41 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/userjs/photopea/user.js" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/userjs/photopea/user.js"
42 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/userjs/twitter/user.js" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/userjs/twitter/user.js"
43 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/userjs/youtube/user.js" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/userjs/youtube/user.js"
44 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/specs/userjs/youtube-music/user.js" "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/specs/userjs/youtube-music/user.js"
45 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/COPYING.txt" "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/phoenix/COPYING.txt"
46 install -Dm644 "$tmpdir/README.md" "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/phoenix/README.md"
47
48 rm -f "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/defaults/pref/phoenix-desktop.js"
49 rm -f "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/assets/spec-welcome.txt"
50 rm -f "$pkgdir/usr/lib/firefox/phoenix.cfg"
51 rm -rf "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/configs"
52 rm -rf "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/resources"
53 rm -rf "$pkgdir/etc/firefox/phoenix/userjs"
54 rm -rf "$tmpdir"
55}
56

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-07-27 00:24
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-08-03 00:08
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
# Maintainer: celenity <celenity@celenity.dev>
pkgname=phoenix-arch
-pkgver=202607241
+pkgver=202607271
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Phoenix is a suite of configurations & advanced modifications for Mozilla Firefox, designed to put the user first - with a focus on privacy, security, freedom, & usability."
arch=(any)
license=('GPL-3.0-or-later')
url="https://phoenix.celenity.dev"
-source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.tar.xz::https://releases.celenity.dev/phoenix/releases/2026.07.24.1/linux/phoenix-2026.07.24.1-linux.tar.xz")
-sha512sums=('bf675a0e1dae6b36e58dc0f2cafb082540da7390ff985df3eee820dd5566d02f8a568243caa624e5fef84223ff1af73a5a782ad29bc155f1512ea7a5759d5816')
+source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.tar.xz::https://releases.celenity.dev/phoenix/releases/2026.07.27.1/linux/phoenix-2026.07.27.1-linux.tar.xz")
+sha512sums=('134cb3c64c2b053401e786d0b8239186fdad3140d2aad53f34302daa5fe601e1f44cafc921c15e82735ae60c9a36020bb32230cbdf066eeffb7e03108e6a0311')
pkgver() {
echo "$pkgver"

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)SeverityRules
2026-08-03 00:08:14 LOW 2
2026-08-02 00:16:08 LOW 2
2026-08-01 00:11:18 LOW 2
2026-07-31 00:14:10 LOW 2
2026-07-30 00:17:23 LOW 2
2026-07-29 00:25:53 LOW 2
2026-07-28 00:07:28 LOW 2
2026-07-27 19:35:21 MEDIUM 1
2026-07-27 00:24:32 LOW 2
2026-07-26 00:07:32 LOW 2
2026-07-25 00:13:44 LOW 2
2026-07-24 05:27:22 MEDIUM 1
2026-07-24 00:02:28 LOW 2
2026-07-23 00:14:47 LOW 2
2026-07-22 00:29:32 LOW 2
2026-07-21 00:24:15 LOW 2
2026-07-20 00:19:49 LOW 2
2026-07-19 00:17:08 LOW 2
2026-07-18 00:14:48 LOW 2
2026-07-17 00:06:16 LOW 2

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