vcsteg
The source is a Python script from the project maintainer's personal domain, which is not on a standard forge but is plausibly the official source; the package installs only this script and patch files, with no obfuscated code or remote execution, and the worst case of a swapped source is limited to code execution within the script's intended functionality.
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 Python script from the project maintainer's personal domain, which is not on a standard forge but is plausibly the official source; the package installs only this script and patch files, with no obfuscated code or remote execution, and the worst case of a swapped source is limited to code execution within the script's intended functionality.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:19
source=('https://keyj.emphy.de/files/tcsteg3.py' 'fix.patch')
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: Maximilian Weiss <$(echo "bWF4QG1heHdlaXNzLmlv" | base64 -d)>
# Contributor: Martin Fiedler <$(echo "a2V5akBlbXBoeS5kZQ==" | base64 -d)>
# Contributor: Vladimir Ivanov <$(echo "dmxhZGltaXJpdmFub3Y4MTVAZ21haWwuY29t" | base64 -d)>
pkgname=vcsteg
pkgver=3.0
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc='Real Steganography with TrueCrypt'
arch=('any')
url='https://keyj.emphy.de/real-steganography-with-truecrypt/'
# See python file for license
license=('custom:FOSS')
depends=('python')
provides=('vcsteg' 'tcsteg' 'vcsteg3' 'tcsteg3')
conflicts=('tcsteg' 'tcsteg2' 'tcsteg.py' 'tcsteg2.py' 'vcsteg' 'vcsteg2' 'vcsteg.py' 'vcsteg2.py' 'vcsteg3' 'vcsteg3.py' 'tcsteg3' 'tcsteg3.py')
source=('https://keyj.emphy.de/files/tcsteg3.py' 'fix.patch')
sha256sums=('d6b506865c8cb15d081c8fe77e4e18ec1f9e89cef1f9c400bf6a47a6447e0784'
'59229ffb0c562ae0573abde247a4a891b6cac7f62f60dc3d2207ba321df70a94')
build() {
cd "$srcdir/"
patch -p0 --follow-symlinks -i fix.patch
}
package() {
cd "$srcdir/"
install -Dm755 "tcsteg3.py" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/tcsteg3.py"
ln -s "tcsteg3.py" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/tcsteg3"
ln -s "tcsteg3.py" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/tcsteg"
ln -s "tcsteg3.py" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/vcsteg"
}
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 |