vivaldi-snapshot

maintainer BlackIkeEagle · 131 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
LOW
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Why flagged The package downloads a Vivaldi browser RPM from the official vivaldi.com domain, which is a legitimate source; building from official vendor binaries is normal for AUR packages and poses minimal risk.

Triggered rules

LOW AI review llm_review

An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is LOW (confidence 95%): The package downloads a Vivaldi browser RPM from the official vivaldi.com domain, which is a legitimate source; building from official vendor binaries is normal for AUR packages and poses minimal risk.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
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:43 source=("https://downloads.vivaldi.com/snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot-${_rpmversion}.x86_64.rpm"

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: BlackIkeEagle <ike DOT devolder AT gmail DOT com>
2# Contributor: TZ86
3
4pkgname=vivaldi-snapshot
5_rpmversion=8.2.4116.3-1
6pkgver=8.2.4116.3
7pkgrel=1
8pkgdesc='An advanced browser made with the power user in mind. Snapshot'
9url="https://vivaldi.com"
10options=(!strip !zipman)
11license=('custom')
12arch=('x86_64')
13depends=(
14 'alsa-lib'
15 'at-spi2-core'
16 'cairo'
17 'libcups'
18 'libxcomposite'
19 'libxdamage'
20 'libxkbcommon'
21 'libxrandr'
22 'libxss'
23 'mesa'
24 'nss'
25 'pango'
26 'ttf-font'
27 'desktop-file-utils'
28 'shared-mime-info'
29 'hicolor-icon-theme'
30)
31makedepends=('w3m' 'imagemagick')
32optdepends=(
33 'vivaldi-snapshot-ffmpeg-codecs: playback of proprietary video/audio'
34 'org.freedesktop.secrets: better secret storage in gnome-keyring or kwallet'
35 'libnotify: native notifications'
36 'pipewire: WebRTC desktop sharing under Wayland'
37 'gtk3: gtk3 integration'
38 'gtk4: for use with --gtk-version=4'
39 'qt5-base: qt5 integration'
40 'qt6-base: qt6 integration'
41 'upower: Battery Status API support'
42)
43source=("https://downloads.vivaldi.com/snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot-${_rpmversion}.x86_64.rpm"
44 '0001-add-support-for-user-flags.patch')
45sha512sums=('2e47be694ca187b160492f312efa96540d4f145bd6106279f2300a1fbd9abbefd033fbb02d6872da7694539f1d85849c2a6af69221ba9d5a69c66945a5986feb'
46 'a9bdab0fb0f394af17d1b126bae2d0cdc55e63eaa6eaf36eb994735047d3d7bc5000d75ab930f74b76b283c5addefbd4e4e63c5e4f2908bd53c270e73641c19d')
47
48package() {
49 cp --parents -a {opt,usr/bin,usr/share} "$pkgdir"
50
51 # add support for ~/.config/vivaldi-snapshot.conf
52 patch -p1 -i "$srcdir/0001-add-support-for-user-flags.patch" \
53 "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/$pkgname"
54 # remove "orig" leftover if it is there
55 rm -f "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/$pkgname.orig"
56
57 # suid sandbox
58 chmod 4755 "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/vivaldi-sandbox"
59
60 # make /usr/bin/vivaldi-snapshot available
61 binf="$pkgdir/usr/bin/$pkgname"
62 if [[ ! -e "$binf" ]] && [[ ! -f "$binf" ]] && [[ ! -L "$binf" ]]; then
63 install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
64 ln -s /opt/$pkgname/$pkgname "$binf"
65 fi
66
67 # Vivaldi has different design for each size of icons. Avoid using them.
68 # hicolor xdg fallback
69 install -Dm644 "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/product_logo_256.png" \
70 "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/$pkgname.png"
71 for _res in 128 64 48 32 22; do
72 install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${_res}x${_res}/apps"
73 magick "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/product_logo_256.png" \
74 -resize ${_res}x${_res} \
75 "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${_res}x${_res}/apps/$pkgname.png"
76 chmod 0644 \
77 "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${_res}x${_res}/apps/$pkgname.png"
78 done
79 install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/pixmaps"
80 install -Dm644 "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/product_logo_256.png" \
81 "$pkgdir/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname}.png"
82
83 rm -f "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/product_logo_"*.png
84
85 # license
86 install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname"
87 w3m -dump "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/LICENSE.html" \
88 | head -n 5 \
89 > "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/license.txt"
90}
91

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-07-28 00:07
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-08-03 00:08
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
# Contributor: TZ86
pkgname=vivaldi-snapshot
-_rpmversion=8.2.4106.4-1
-pkgver=8.2.4106.4
+_rpmversion=8.2.4116.3-1
+pkgver=8.2.4116.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc='An advanced browser made with the power user in mind. Snapshot'
url="https://vivaldi.com"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
)
source=("https://downloads.vivaldi.com/snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot-${_rpmversion}.x86_64.rpm"
'0001-add-support-for-user-flags.patch')
-sha512sums=('2612e5e88a30bc6122a28ae17311ce9b66d2fe03016145548decb2f275558241e9654084fc27c284beec9c988d5054b488635a9ce7228733e2eab64a0d28303c'
+sha512sums=('2e47be694ca187b160492f312efa96540d4f145bd6106279f2300a1fbd9abbefd033fbb02d6872da7694539f1d85849c2a6af69221ba9d5a69c66945a5986feb'
'a9bdab0fb0f394af17d1b126bae2d0cdc55e63eaa6eaf36eb994735047d3d7bc5000d75ab930f74b76b283c5addefbd4e4e63c5e4f2908bd53c270e73641c19d')
package() {

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