qcopy
The PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt binary package (pkg.tar.xz) from a personal domain (concise.cc) owned by the maintainer, rather than from the project's official GitLab release infrastructure. While the maintainer controls both the domain and the GitLab repo, distributing a prebuilt binary from a personal host rather than building from source is a genuine supply-chain concern: if concise.cc is compromised or the maintainer acts maliciously, users receive an arbitrary binary. The package installs an executable to /usr/bin/qcopy. There is a sha512sum and a PGP key listed, which mitigates but does not eliminate the risk (the PGP key's trustworthiness depends on the maintainer). The arch=(any) designation is also suspicious for a binary package. Overall this is a real medium-severity supply-chain concern: an executed binary from an unofficial/personal host.
Triggered rules
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:13
"https://concise.cc/pkg/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-$arch.pkg.tar.xz"
llm_review
An AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 82%): The PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt binary package (pkg.tar.xz) from a personal domain (concise.cc) owned by the maintainer, rather than from the project's official GitLab release infrastructure. While the maintainer controls both the domain and the GitLab repo, distributing a prebuilt binary from a personal host rather than building from source is a genuine supply-chain concern: if concise.cc is compromised or the maintainer acts maliciously, users receive an arbitrary binary. The package installs an executable to /usr/bin/qcopy. There is a sha512sum and a PGP key listed, which mitigates but does not eliminate the risk (the PGP key's trustworthiness depends on the maintainer). The arch=(any) designation is also suspicious for a binary package. Overall this is a real medium-severity supply-chain concern: an executed binary from an unofficial/personal host.
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: Connor Etherington <connor@concise.cc>
# ---
pkgname=qcopy
pkgver=2.0.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Easily save important snippets such as passwords for quick access copying at any point"
arch=(any)
url="https://gitlab.com/a4to/${pkgname}"
license=('MIT')
depends=(fzf dialog xsel bat xdotool)
install="qcopy.install"
source=(
"https://concise.cc/pkg/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-$arch.pkg.tar.xz"
)
sha512sums=(
'1609ab96821abab32bb82c46d1dc30dac14f80f7b08654ba67895cc4bca72b563fdb2a08fe2d7e4494339766983202daefc994c410d58687d0df3b7cd31869c0'
)
md5sums=(
'9d279e2db31df2e6b72ffebaa3a0a69f'
)
validpgpkeys=(
'81BACEEBC3EA26E127166E4A819BB92A9A48160E'
)
package() {
cd "$srcdir/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-${arch}" ||
cd "$srcdir/${pkgname}"
install -Dm755 usr/bin/${pkgname} "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
install -Dm644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
install -Dm644 usr/share/man/man1/${pkgname}.1.gz "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man1/${pkgname}.1.gz"
}
Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 00:27:14 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-16 00:03:17 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-15 00:25:31 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-14 00:27:57 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-13 00:19:54 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-12 00:25:17 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-11 00:19:22 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-10 00:22:44 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-09 00:04:09 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-08 00:18:08 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-07 00:30:15 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-06 00:17:06 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-05 00:16:27 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-04 00:03:13 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-03 00:15:47 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-02 00:02:31 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-01 00:11:19 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-08-31 00:19:57 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-08-30 00:04:14 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-08-29 00:29:17 | Medium | 2 |