ponyup
The package downloads a prebuilt binary from a non-whitelisted but official project release host (cloudsmith.io), which is a supply-chain risk if compromised, but the binary is from the legitimate project infrastructure and not obfuscated or executed remotely.
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 prebuilt binary from a non-whitelisted but official project release host (cloudsmith.io), which is a supply-chain risk if compromised, but the binary is from the legitimate project infrastructure and not obfuscated or executed remotely.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:17
source_x86_64=($pkgzip::https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/ponylang/releases/raw/versions/$pkgver/ponyup-x86-64-unknown-linux.tar.gz)
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: thomashrb <thomashrb AT protonmail DOT com>
# Contributor: Sérgio Gomes <superherointj at gmail dot com>
pkgname=ponyup
pkgver=0.6.5
pkgzip=$pkgname-$pkgver-x86_64.tar.gz
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="The Pony language toolchain multiplexer"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://github.com/ponylang/ponyup"
license=('BSD')
makedepends=(
'curl'
'sed'
'tar'
)
depends=('openssl')
source_x86_64=($pkgzip::https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/ponylang/releases/raw/versions/$pkgver/ponyup-x86-64-unknown-linux.tar.gz)
sha256sums_x86_64=('f0fa73bfbbd0e186bc8b22872837196c1672a373e25bf88749db4b59ecbb4784')
install=${pkgname}.install
prepare() {
tmp_dir=/tmp/ponyup
mkdir -p "${tmp_dir}"
tar -xzf "${pkgzip}" -C "${tmp_dir}/"
}
package() {
ponyup_bin=$(find ${tmp_dir} -name ponyup -type f)
ponyup_root=$HOME/.local/share/ponyup
install_dir=$ponyup_root/bin
mkdir -p $install_dir
chmod -R 646 $install_dir
echo "x86_64-linux-gnu" > "${ponyup_root}/.platform"
install -Dm755 $ponyup_bin $install_dir
}
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 |