ark-vcs-bin

MEDIUM

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

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Why flagged

A prebuilt binary is downloaded from ark-vcs.com (the project's own domain) and installed as an executable at /usr/bin/ark-vcs. The binary itself has a proper sha256sum (b38d84804be3c1c408d5529208edef74d0ad628a233c6a1780f8e4ed3919b99f), which mitigates the risk somewhat. However, the icon source (ark-vcs.png) has 'SKIP' for its checksum, meaning that file is unverified — though it is only an icon and not executed. The main concern is the standard supply-chain risk of installing a prebuilt binary from a small, unofficial project host: if ark-vcs.com were compromised, a malicious binary could be served. This is a textbook medium-severity AUR concern (prebuilt binary from a non-major vendor), not a false positive, but also not evidence of active malice.

Triggered rules

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:15 source_x86_64=("https://ark-vcs.com/static/versions/Ark-Vcs_${pkgver//./_}_linux.zip")

Medium AI review llm_review

An AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 72%): A prebuilt binary is downloaded from ark-vcs.com (the project's own domain) and installed as an executable at /usr/bin/ark-vcs. The binary itself has a proper sha256sum (b38d84804be3c1c408d5529208edef74d0ad628a233c6a1780f8e4ed3919b99f), which mitigates the risk somewhat. However, the icon source (ark-vcs.png) has 'SKIP' for its checksum, meaning that file is unverified — though it is only an icon and not executed. The main concern is the standard supply-chain risk of installing a prebuilt binary from a small, unofficial project host: if ark-vcs.com were compromised, a malicious binary could be served. This is a textbook medium-severity AUR concern (prebuilt binary from a non-major vendor), not a false positive, but also not evidence of active malice.

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Andersmmg <andersmmg at duck dot com>
    
      2pkgname=ark-vcs-bin
    
      3pkgver=1.0.0
    
      4pkgrel=1
    
      5pkgdesc="VCS built from the ground up for performance and ease of use. Pre-compiled."
    
      6arch=('x86_64')
    
      7url="https://ark-vcs.com/"
    
      8license=('custom')
    
      9depends=()
    
      10optdepends=()
    
      11provides=('ark-vcs')
    
      12conflicts=('ark-vcs')
    
      13
    
      14source=("ark-vcs.png")
    
      15source_x86_64=("https://ark-vcs.com/static/versions/Ark-Vcs_${pkgver//./_}_linux.zip")
    
      16sha256sums=("SKIP")
    
      17sha256sums_x86_64=('b38d84804be3c1c408d5529208edef74d0ad628a233c6a1780f8e4ed3919b99f')
    
      18
    
      19prepare() {
    
      20  mv "${srcdir}/Ark-Vcs_${pkgver//./_}" "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
    
      21  cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
    
      22  cat <<EOF > ark-vcs.desktop
    
      23[Desktop Entry]
    
      24Name=Ark VCS
    
      25Description=VCS built from the ground up for performance and ease of use.
    
      26Exec=ark-vcs gui
    
      27Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/$pkgname.png
    
      28Terminal=false
    
      29Type=Application
    
      30Categories=Utility;Development;
    
      31StartupWMClass=ark-vcs
    
      32EOF
    
      33}
    
      34
    
      35package() {
    
      36    _output="$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
    
      37
    
      38    install -Dm755 "${_output}/ark" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/ark-vcs"
    
      39
    
      40    # Install the .desktop file for launcher integration (if you have one)
    
      41    install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications"
    
      42    cp "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver/ark-vcs.desktop" "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/"
    
      43
    
      44    # # Install application icon
    
      45    install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps"
    
      46    cp "$srcdir/ark-vcs.png" "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/$pkgname.png"
    
      47}
    
      48

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