ucx
The package downloads a prebuilt tarball from the official vendor's domain (ultraedit.com), which is a standard practice for proprietary software; despite the static analyzer flagging the host as non-standard, the source is legitimate and the package installs only the official application files without executing untrusted code or exfiltrating data.
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 package downloads a prebuilt tarball from the official vendor's domain (ultraedit.com), which is a standard practice for proprietary software; despite the static analyzer flagging the host as non-standard, the source is legitimate and the package installs only the official application files without executing untrusted code or exfiltrating data.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:12
"https://downloads.ultraedit.com/main/uc/linux/tar/ucx-${pkgver}_amd64.tar.gz"
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: Tobias Bauer <archlinux@tobias-bauer.de>
pkgname=ucx
pkgver=21.00.0.18
pkgrel=3
pkgdesc="UltraCompare is a powerful compare tool for files and folders."
arch=(x86_64)
url="https://www.ultraedit.com/products/ultracompare/"
license=('custom')
depends=('desktop-file-utils' 'gtk2' 'libjpeg-turbo' 'libpng12' 'libsm')
install=ucx.install
source=(
"https://downloads.ultraedit.com/main/uc/linux/tar/ucx-${pkgver}_amd64.tar.gz"
)
md5sums=(
'e3277d6d1c792294ae17be4d9bc63405'
)
DLAGENTS=('https::/usr/bin/curl -fLC - --user-agent Lynx --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u')
package() {
install -d "${pkgdir}/opt" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
cp -R "${srcdir}/ucx" "${pkgdir}/opt"
ln -s "/opt/ucx/bin/ucx" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/ucx"
ln -s "/opt/ucx/share/ucx/pixmaps/ucx.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/ucx.png"
ln -s "/opt/ucx/share/ucx/ucx.desktop" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/ucx.desktop"
ln -s "/opt/ucx/share/doc/uex/copyright" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
}
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 |