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1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 00:21:48 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-31 00:07:41 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-30 00:29:30 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-29 00:13:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-28 00:06:54 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-27 00:23:28 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-26 00:12:40 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-25 00:20:48 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-24 00:14:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-23 00:02:19 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-22 00:13:10 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-21 00:12:50 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-20 00:10:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-19 00:03:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-18 00:06:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-17 00:21:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-16 00:12:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-15 00:28:05 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-14 00:06:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-13 00:23:45 | Low | 2 |