sql-power-architect

MEDIUM

maintainer mrxx 2 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The binary archive is downloaded from a CDN URL (secureserver.net, which is GoDaddy's hosting infrastructure used by the bestofbi.com site) rather than a canonical upstream release host like GitHub or SourceForge. SQL Power Architect is a real open-source tool, and bestofbi.com appears to be the legitimate vendor site. However, the download URL is a WordPress upload path on a GoDaddy CDN, not a versioned release artifact from a verifiable source like a GitHub releases page or the project's own dedicated download server. The sha256sums are present and pin the content, which mitigates silent substitution risk significantly. The package installs a prebuilt Java application (JARs + shell wrapper), not a native binary, so the attack surface is somewhat lower than a native executable. Overall this is a borderline case: the sha256 checksum provides meaningful protection, but the source host is informal/unofficial for a prebuilt archive. The risk is real but modest — medium is appropriate rather than clean, since the host is not a recognized upstream release channel and the content is executed code.

Triggered rules

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:11 source=("https://8hi8a2.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/SQL-Power-Architect-generic-${pkgver}.tar.zip"

Medium AI review llm_review

An AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 72%): The binary archive is downloaded from a CDN URL (secureserver.net, which is GoDaddy's hosting infrastructure used by the bestofbi.com site) rather than a canonical upstream release host like GitHub or SourceForge. SQL Power Architect is a real open-source tool, and bestofbi.com appears to be the legitimate vendor site. However, the download URL is a WordPress upload path on a GoDaddy CDN, not a versioned release artifact from a verifiable source like a GitHub releases page or the project's own dedicated download server. The sha256sums are present and pin the content, which mitigates silent substitution risk significantly. The package installs a prebuilt Java application (JARs + shell wrapper), not a native binary, so the attack surface is somewhat lower than a native executable. Overall this is a borderline case: the sha256 checksum provides meaningful protection, but the source host is informal/unofficial for a prebuilt archive. The risk is real but modest — medium is appropriate rather than clean, since the host is not a recognized upstream release channel and the content is executed code.

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: mrxx <mrxx at cyberhome dot at>
    
      2
    
      3pkgname=sql-power-architect
    
      4pkgver=1.0.9
    
      5pkgrel=1
    
      6pkgdesc="Data Modeling & Profiling Tool"
    
      7arch=('any')
    
      8url="http://www.bestofbi.com/page/architect"
    
      9license=('GPL')
    
      10depends=('java-runtime-common' 'libxtst' 'bash' 'hicolor-icon-theme')
    
      11source=("https://8hi8a2.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/SQL-Power-Architect-generic-${pkgver}.tar.zip"
    
      12            "$pkgname"
    
      13            "$pkgname.desktop"
    
      14            "$pkgname.png")
    
      15sha256sums=('04db3bd65077d580d8ca9a402d58088cb6376dae3d7a255d74cf0a298cd7a377'
    
      16            '144ea33434ac1584a6517ea1f651f20b5bfce5b6d4f1d6085bb1447d44437c01'
    
      17            'cdb593688a10f1de8d8a4d3447d7df46dcbd8b03f783bf1ae49fc5c160c6a1be'
    
      18            '8589e056924b938efc00cf7f5cfb75285888cfb2f9af28e1be2f0c0500f8bf2e')
    
      19
    
      20package() {
    
      21  unzip SQL-Power-Architect-generic-${pkgver}.tar.zip
    
      22  tar xf SQL-Power-Architect-generic-${pkgver}.tar.gz
    
      23  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
    
      24  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/lib/$pkgname"
    
      25  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps"
    
      26  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications"
    
      27  install -m755 $pkgname "$pkgdir/usr/bin/"
    
      28  cp -r architect-$pkgver/* "$pkgdir/usr/lib/${pkgname}/"
    
      29  install -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps" ${pkgname}.png
    
      30  install -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications" ${pkgname}.desktop
    
      31}
    
      32

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