ps7b_libps4000a

LOW

maintainer Schorsch 0 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The package downloads a prebuilt Debian package from a subdomain of the official PicoTech domain for installation; while the host is not a standard one, it is plausibly official and used for beta software, and the package installs only library files and a post-install script from the same source, with no evidence of malicious behavior.

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 Debian package from a subdomain of the official PicoTech domain for installation; while the host is not a standard one, it is plausibly official and used for beta software, and the package installs only library files and a post-install script from the same source, with no evidence of malicious behavior.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:20 source=("https://labs.picotech.com/rc/picoscope7/debian/pool/main/libp/libps4000a/libps4000a_${pkgver//_/-}_amd64.deb")

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Schorsch <wsixcde+aur at gmail dot com>
    
      2# Thanks to <mti at tillenius dot com> whose packages the ps7b packages were based on
    
      3pkgname=ps7b_libps4000a
    
      4pkgver=2.2.265_2r7906
    
      5pkgrel=1
    
      6pkgdesc="Library for PicoScope 4000a series in PicoScope 7 Beta"
    
      7arch=('x86_64')
    
      8url="https://labs.picotech.com/rc/picoscope7/debian/pool/main/libp/libps4000a/"
    
      9license=('custom')
    
      10groups=()
    
      11depends=(libusb)
    
      12optdepends=()
    
      13provides=()
    
      14conflicts=(ps7_libps4000a)
    
      15replaces=()
    
      16backup=()
    
      17options=(!strip)
    
      18install=$pkgname.install
    
      19changelog=
    
      20source=("https://labs.picotech.com/rc/picoscope7/debian/pool/main/libp/libps4000a/libps4000a_${pkgver//_/-}_amd64.deb")
    
      21md5sums=('f034d06076143498a1cc2306f513e8da')
    
      22
    
      23package() {
    
      24  tar -xf data.tar.* -C "${pkgdir}"
    
      25  chmod -R go-w $pkgdir
    
      26  chown -R root:root $pkgdir
    
      27
    
      28  mkdir -p $pkgdir/opt/picoscope/scripts
    
      29  tar -xf control.tar.* -C "${pkgdir}/opt/picoscope/scripts" ./postinst
    
      30  mv "${pkgdir}/opt/picoscope/scripts/postinst" "${pkgdir}/opt/picoscope/scripts/${pkgname}_postinst"
    
      31  
    
      32  install -Dm644 -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/libps4000a/copyright" 
    
      33}
    
      34

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