aptible-cli
The PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt Debian binary package (.deb) from an S3 bucket (omnibus-aptible-toolbelt.s3.amazonaws.com) and installs it directly onto the system. While this is the official Aptible toolbelt distribution host (Aptible is a real PaaS company and this is their official omnibus package), the concerns are: (1) it's a prebuilt binary blob, not source-compiled; (2) only an MD5 checksum is used for integrity verification — MD5 is cryptographically broken and provides weak assurance; (3) no GPG/PGP signature verification is performed; (4) the binary is a Debian package being extracted and installed on Arch Linux, which is non-standard and could include bundled libraries with vulnerabilities. The S3 bucket path structure ('master/194/pkg/') suggests a CI artifact path rather than a stable release URL, meaning the artifact could theoretically be replaced. The binary executes as a full omnibus package under /opt/aptible-toolbelt. This is a legitimate vendor distribution method but represents a real supply-chain risk due to lack of cryptographic signature verification and use of a mutable CI artifact URL with only MD5 integrity checking.
Triggered rules
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:11
source=("https://omnibus-aptible-toolbelt.s3.amazonaws.com/aptible/omnibus-aptible-toolbelt/master/194/pkg/aptible-toolbelt_0.16.3%2B20191024181014%7Eubuntu.16.04-1_amd64.deb")
llm_review
An AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 82%): The PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt Debian binary package (.deb) from an S3 bucket (omnibus-aptible-toolbelt.s3.amazonaws.com) and installs it directly onto the system. While this is the official Aptible toolbelt distribution host (Aptible is a real PaaS company and this is their official omnibus package), the concerns are: (1) it's a prebuilt binary blob, not source-compiled; (2) only an MD5 checksum is used for integrity verification — MD5 is cryptographically broken and provides weak assurance; (3) no GPG/PGP signature verification is performed; (4) the binary is a Debian package being extracted and installed on Arch Linux, which is non-standard and could include bundled libraries with vulnerabilities. The S3 bucket path structure ('master/194/pkg/') suggests a CI artifact path rather than a stable release URL, meaning the artifact could theoretically be replaced. The binary executes as a full omnibus package under /opt/aptible-toolbelt. This is a legitimate vendor distribution method but represents a real supply-chain risk due to lack of cryptographic signature verification and use of a mutable CI artifact URL with only MD5 integrity checking.
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: Frederick Zhang <frederick888@tsundere.moe>
pkgname=aptible-cli
pkgver=0.16.3
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc="The full stack of aptible-toolbelt"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://www.aptible.com/support/toolbelt/"
license=('MIT')
groups=('aptible')
options=('!strip')
source=("https://omnibus-aptible-toolbelt.s3.amazonaws.com/aptible/omnibus-aptible-toolbelt/master/194/pkg/aptible-toolbelt_0.16.3%2B20191024181014%7Eubuntu.16.04-1_amd64.deb")
md5sums=('87daeab4c03183476a4fd78f13ba603d')
package() {
msg2 "Extracting data.tar.gz..."
tar xf data.tar.gz -C "$pkgdir/"
mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
ln -s /opt/aptible-toolbelt/bin/aptible "$pkgdir/usr/bin/aptible"
}
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 |