webviewer

LOW

maintainer LeAlex27 0 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The package downloads image assets from Wikipedia Commons during prepare() to generate desktop entries; these are non-executable files, and the worst case of a malicious swap is limited to resource tampering, not code execution.

Triggered rules

Low AI review downgraded a static finding 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 image assets from Wikipedia Commons during prepare() to generate desktop entries; these are non-executable files, and the worst case of a malicious swap is limited to resource tampering, not code execution.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

Medium External download from an untrusted host, not in source=() external_download_not_in_source

curl/wget fetches a URL on a non-allowlisted host that is not part of source=(), so it is not checksum-verified by makepkg.

PKGBUILD:25 wget "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/WhatsApp.svg/766px-WhatsApp.svg.png"
PKGBUILD:31 wget "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Threema%27s_App_Icon.png"
PKGBUILD:37 wget "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Google_Messages_logo.svg/600px-Google_Messages_logo.svg.png"

PKGBUILD

3 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Lennart Husvogt <lennart at husvogt dot net>
    
      2
    
      3pkgname=webviewer
    
      4pkgver=0.4.1
    
      5pkgrel=4
    
      6pkgdesc="Minimal display of a website. Useful for web versions of messengers."
    
      7arch=('any')
    
      8url="https://github.com/LeAlex27/webviewer"
    
      9license=('GPL3')
    
      10depends=('pyside6' 'qt6-webengine')
    
      11makedepends=('qt6-base' 'python-setuptools' 'python-build' 'wget' 'gendesk')
    
      12source=("webviewer.sh"
    
      13        "$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/LeAlex27/$pkgname/archive/refs/tags/$pkgver.tar.gz")
    
      14
    
      15sha256sums=('f148d8c29d7b549f541d69b6335c92c9b3ee6a4788741339f22bf9356375e6a5'
    
      16            'c4a0493e35a39f323d346974893cf280cc4cab440bf2ea04b6d7f4fbc05d6733')
    
      17
    
      18# uncomment to generate .desktop files
    
      19_whatsapp_web=1
    
      20_threema_web=1
    
      21_android_messages=1
    
      22
    
      23prepare() {
    
      24    if [ -n "$_whatsapp_web" ]; then
    
      25        wget "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/WhatsApp.svg/766px-WhatsApp.svg.png"
    
      26        gendesk --pkgname "whatsapp_web" --name "WhatsApp Web" --categories "Network;InstantMessaging" \
    
      27        --exec "env QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE=Material QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_MATERIAL_THEME=Dark QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_MATERIAL_ACCENT=#00a884 QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_MATERIAL_BACKGROUND=#111b21 python -m webviewer --storage-name whatsapp_web --strip-user-agent https://web.whatsapp.com"
    
      28    fi
    
      29
    
      30    if [ -n "$_threema_web" ]; then
    
      31        wget "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Threema%27s_App_Icon.png"
    
      32        gendesk --pkgname "threema_web" --name "Threema Web" --categories "Network;InstantMessaging" \
    
      33        --exec "env QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE=Material QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_MATERIAL_THEME=Light QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_MATERIAL_ACCENT=#25b157 python -m webviewer --storage-name threema_web https://web.threema.ch"
    
      34    fi
    
      35
    
      36    if [ -n "$_android_messages" ]; then
    
      37        wget "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Google_Messages_logo.svg/600px-Google_Messages_logo.svg.png"
    
      38        gendesk --pkgname "android_messages" --name "Android Messages" --categories "Network;InstantMessaging" \
    
      39        --exec "env QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE=Material QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_MATERIAL_THEME=Dark QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_MATERIAL_ACCENT=#8eb7f8 python -m webviewer --storage-name android_messages https://messages.google.com/web/authentication"
    
      40    fi
    
      41}
    
      42
    
      43build() {
    
      44    cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
    
      45    /usr/lib/qt6/rcc -g python -o $pkgname/resources.py $pkgname/resources.qrc
    
      46    python -m build .
    
      47}
    
      48
    
      49package() {
    
      50    cd $srcdir
    
      51    install -Dm655 webviewer.sh $pkgdir/usr/bin/webviewer
    
      52
    
      53    # install shortcuts
    
      54    if [ -n "$_whatsapp_web" ]; then
    
      55        install -Dm644 766px-WhatsApp.svg.png $pkgdir/usr/share/pixmaps/whatsapp_web.png
    
      56        install -Dm644 whatsapp_web.desktop $pkgdir/usr/share/applications/whatsapp_web.desktop
    
      57    fi
    
      58    if [ -n "$_threema_web" ]; then
    
      59        install -Dm644 Threema\'s_App_Icon.png $pkgdir/usr/share/pixmaps/threema_web.png
    
      60        install -Dm644 threema_web.desktop $pkgdir/usr/share/applications/threema_web.desktop
    
      61    fi
    
      62    if [ -n "$_android_messages" ]; then
    
      63        install -Dm644 600px-Google_Messages_logo.svg.png $pkgdir/usr/share/pixmaps/android_messages.png
    
      64        install -Dm644 android_messages.desktop $pkgdir/usr/share/applications/android_messages.desktop
    
      65    fi
    
      66
    
      67    cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
    
      68    python setup.py install --root="$pkgdir" --optimize=1
    
      69}
    
      70

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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