scholaread-cn-bin
The package installs a prebuilt .deb from the project's own CDN, which is a supply-chain risk if the host were compromised, but it is not actively malicious; the source is plausibly official and the installed files are data/binary assets of the legitimate application.
Triggered rules
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 installs a prebuilt .deb from the project's own CDN, which is a supply-chain risk if the host were compromised, but it is not actively malicious; the source is plausibly official and the installed files are data/binary assets of the legitimate application.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.deb::https://cdn.scholaread.cn/assets/pc-releases/${pkgver}/cn/Scholaread-linux-amd64-${pkgver}.deb")
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: insmtr <insmtr@insmtr.cn>
# Contributor: SummerElement <Dapugongying@foxmail.com>
pkgname=scholaread-cn-bin
pkgver=1.1.80
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Scholaread(靠岸学术)集论文PDF阅读、论文翻译、AI问答解析、文献多设备管理于一体"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://scholaread.cn"
license=('custom')
depends=('gtk3' 'nss' 'libxss' 'libxtst')
optdepends=('libnotify: desktop notifications support'
'xdg-utils: open URLs in browser'
'libsecret: password storage support'
'at-spi2-core: accessibility support'
'util-linux-libs: UUID generation support'
'libappindicator: system tray icon support')
source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.deb::https://cdn.scholaread.cn/assets/pc-releases/${pkgver}/cn/Scholaread-linux-amd64-${pkgver}.deb")
sha256sums=('f2fe1561f99de3e3c8de3e5089fa2aa7b57c822c6f281ad4abbc462083684123')
package() {
# unzip DEB
ar x "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.deb"
tar -xf data.tar.xz -C "${pkgdir}"
# fix file permission
chmod +x "${pkgdir}/opt/Scholaread/scholaread"
chmod 4755 "${pkgdir}/opt/Scholaread/chrome-sandbox"
# setup license
install -Dm644 "${pkgdir}/opt/Scholaread/LICENSE.electron.txt" \
"${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
}
post_install() {
# update icon cache
update-desktop-database
gtk-update-icon-cache -qt /usr/share/icons/hicolor
}
post_upgrade() {
post_install
}
post_remove() {
post_install
}
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 |