simplicitystudio5-bin
The source is a prebuilt binary from the official vendor's domain (silabs.com), which is the legitimate provider of the software, making the download appropriate despite the non-whitelisted host and skipped checksum.
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 source is a prebuilt binary from the official vendor's domain (silabs.com), which is the legitimate provider of the software, making the download appropriate despite the non-whitelisted host and skipped checksum.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:18
source=(https://www.silabs.com/documents/login/software/SimplicityStudio-5.tgz
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: Andras Biro <bbandi86@gmail.com>
# Contributor: Håvard Pettersson <mail@haavard.me> for studio4
pkgname=simplicitystudio5-bin
pkgver=5
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc='Design tools, documentation, software and support resources for EFM32™, EFM8™, 8051, Wireless MCUs and Wireless SoCs.'
arch=(x86_64)
url=https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/simplicity-studio
license=(unknown)
backup=("opt/$installdir/studio.ini")
depends=(qt5-base qt5-networkauth webkit2gtk git git-lfs make openssl ncurses5-compat-libs)
#ncurses5 is required by the gdb packaged in studio, /opt/simplicitystudio5/developer/toolchains/gnu_arm/10.3_2021.10/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb
optdepends=('wine: for IAR support'
'lib32-qt4: for old tools like battery estimator')
options=('!strip')
install=simplicitystudio5.install
source=(https://www.silabs.com/documents/login/software/SimplicityStudio-5.tgz
simplicitystudio5.desktop)
sha256sums=('SKIP'
'124f76950ab6b8dba75f3094ee22169d92822df633a1262ad7de5d1561d65f11')
installdir=simplicitystudio5
prepare() {
cd "$srcdir/SimplicityStudio_v5"
}
package() {
install -dm755 "$pkgdir/opt/"
cp -a "$srcdir/SimplicityStudio_v5" "$pkgdir/opt/$installdir"
install -dm755 "$pkgdir/etc/udev/rules.d/"
find "$srcdir/SimplicityStudio_v5/StudioLinux" -name '*.rules' \
-exec install -m644 {} "$pkgdir/etc/udev/rules.d/" \;
mkdir -p $pkgdir/usr/bin
ln -sf /opt/$installdir/studio $pkgdir/usr/bin/$installdir
install -Dm644 "simplicitystudio5.desktop" \
"$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/simplicitystudio5.desktop"
# installation directory has to be writable
find "$pkgdir/opt/$installdir" -type d -exec chmod a+w {} +
find "$pkgdir/opt/$installdir" -type f -exec chmod a+w {} +
}
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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 |