realvnc-vnc-viewer-7
Downloads official RealVNC viewer .deb packages via the Wayback Machine (web.archive.org) rather than directly from downloads.realvnc.com; the files are prebuilt binaries but checksums are provided and the source is the project's own official distribution, just proxied through archive.org — the main concern is that archive.org could theoretically serve a cached malicious version, but this is a low-risk indirection rather than a personal/untrusted host swap.
Triggered rules
llm_review
The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 70%): Downloads official RealVNC viewer .deb packages via the Wayback Machine (web.archive.org) rather than directly from downloads.realvnc.com; the files are prebuilt binaries but checksums are provided and the source is the project's own official distribution, just proxied through archive.org — the main concern is that archive.org could theoretically serve a cached malicious version, but this is a low-risk indirection rather than a personal/untrusted host swap.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:16
source_x86_64=("https://web.archive.org/web/20251201122208/https://downloads.realvnc.com/download/file/viewer.files/VNC-Viewer-${pkgver}-Linux-x64.deb")
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: alstruit <alsturit at gmail.com>
# Contributor: ava1ar <mail(at)ava1ar(dot)me>
# Contributor: Kewl <xrjy@nygb.rh.bet(rot13)>
# Contributor: Star Brilliant <echo bTEzMjUzQGhvdG1haWwuY29tCg== | base64 -d>
pkgname=realvnc-vnc-viewer-7
pkgver=7.15.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc='VNC remote desktop client viewer software by RealVNC'
arch=('x86_64' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
url='https://www.realvnc.com/'
license=('custom')
depends=('libsm' 'libxext')
conflicts=('realvnc-viewer' 'realvnc-rvnc-connect')
source_x86_64=("https://web.archive.org/web/20251201122208/https://downloads.realvnc.com/download/file/viewer.files/VNC-Viewer-${pkgver}-Linux-x64.deb")
source_armv7h=("https://web.archive.org/web/https://downloads.realvnc.com/download/file/viewer.files/VNC-Viewer-${pkgver}-Linux-ARM.deb")
source_aarch64=("https://web.archive.org/web/https://downloads.realvnc.com/download/file/viewer.files/VNC-Viewer-${pkgver}-Linux-ARM64.deb")
sha256sums_x86_64=('05e3c75e053507492f7b9a3f2d75925ac6b5dc9249af73ae6c1ac51bc5d6aabb')
sha256sums_armv7h=('495e09bc82229a178bfed850f951a33401197e6d43f152de8a139ba8633d6b74')
sha256sums_aarch64=('ff746082e9defb3e3350bf16f17bb6232fc68b944a67575ea03382b779ea7061')
package() {
bsdtar -xf "${srcdir}/data.tar.xz" -C "${pkgdir}"
install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
ln -s "/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}/copyright" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
}
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 |