check_md_raid

maintainer eworm · 2 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The source is a Python script downloaded from a project-related but non-whitelisted host (nagios.org exchange); however, it is the project's own plugin, checksummed, and not obfuscated, with patches applied locally—realistic risk is low as it's a standard build of a known monitoring script.

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 source is a Python script downloaded from a project-related but non-whitelisted host (nagios.org exchange); however, it is the project's own plugin, checksummed, and not obfuscated, with patches applied locally—realistic risk is low as it's a standard build of a known monitoring script.

2 higher static findings superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:12 source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.py::http://exchange.nagios.org/components/com_mtree/attachment.php?link_id=782&cf_id=24"

MEDIUM Privileged / out-of-pacman install (sudoers, setuid, or self-update) privileged_install

The package grants elevated privileges or installs an update path outside pacman: a /etc/sudoers.d rule (often passwordless), a setuid/setgid binary, or a self-update script/service that can fetch and run future code with no checksum verification. The initial install may be verified, but the ongoing privilege + update surface is a real supply-chain / privilege-escalation risk.

PKGBUILD:36 install -d -m 0750 ${pkgdir}/etc/sudoers.d
PKGBUILD:37 install -D -m 0440 ${srcdir}/sudo ${pkgdir}/etc/sudoers.d/check_md_raid

PKGBUILD

3 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Christian Hesse <mail@eworm.de>
    
      2
    
      3pkgname=check_md_raid
    
      4pkgver=0.7.2
    
      5pkgrel=9
    
      6pkgdesc="Linux Software RAID Monitoring Plugin for Nagios"
    
      7arch=('any')
    
      8url="http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Operating-Systems/Linux/Linux-Software-Raid-Plugin-for-32-2Dbit-and-64-2Dbit-systems/details"
    
      9license=('GPL')
    
      10depends=('nagios' 'python2' 'mdadm')
    
      11optdepends=('sudo: check with non-root user')
    
      12source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.py::http://exchange.nagios.org/components/com_mtree/attachment.php?link_id=782&cf_id=24"
    
      13	'0001-use-python2.patch'
    
      14	'0002-strip-whitespace-from-state.patch'
    
      15	'0003-use-sudo-when-running-as-non-root-user.patch'
    
      16	'0004-make-checking-a-clean-state.patch'
    
      17	'sudo')
    
      18sha256sums=('b85f0a77215870839cb18a74d9e38b594eaeda5c44ddc88aff8d2c2246f506f7'
    
      19            '9721c32d4b8124f2db54f41574008018a605567e50a59eb9ffcd98e99ba8db98'
    
      20            '527d98535f4cda98a468ea69f6a3cfb3a53e27ecbd2affc553985be70e29125a'
    
      21            '6267ecf8aff1da308216675f94e9e91f91349ed3b1054b8c8c1dc4d08ef632ad'
    
      22            '542d756357f4e8afd16962015428efccabb9f4410c873556a2b8d6e0cc37ca69'
    
      23            '4882cf971684deb2afd6e1deb3883272dd41ed544576619f816498c6111c16cc')
    
      24
    
      25build() {
    
      26	cp ${pkgname}-${pkgver}.py ${pkgname}
    
      27	patch -Np1 < ${srcdir}/0001-use-python2.patch
    
      28	patch -Np1 < ${srcdir}/0002-strip-whitespace-from-state.patch
    
      29	patch -Np1 < ${srcdir}/0003-use-sudo-when-running-as-non-root-user.patch
    
      30	patch -Np1 < ${srcdir}/0004-make-checking-a-clean-state.patch
    
      31}
    
      32
    
      33package() {
    
      34	install -D -m 0755 ${srcdir}/${pkgname} ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/monitoring-plugins/${pkgname}
    
      35
    
      36	install -d -m 0750 ${pkgdir}/etc/sudoers.d
    
      37	install -D -m 0440 ${srcdir}/sudo ${pkgdir}/etc/sudoers.d/check_md_raid
    
      38}
    
      39
    
      40

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-08-03 00:08:14	LOW	3
2026-08-02 00:16:08	LOW	3
2026-08-01 00:11:18	LOW	3
2026-07-31 00:14:10	LOW	3
2026-07-30 00:17:23	LOW	3
2026-07-29 00:25:53	LOW	3
2026-07-28 00:07:28	LOW	3
2026-07-27 00:24:32	LOW	3
2026-07-26 00:07:32	LOW	3
2026-07-25 00:13:44	LOW	3
2026-07-24 00:02:28	LOW	3
2026-07-23 00:14:47	LOW	3
2026-07-22 00:29:32	LOW	3
2026-07-21 00:24:15	LOW	3
2026-07-20 00:19:49	LOW	3
2026-07-19 00:17:08	LOW	3
2026-07-18 00:14:48	LOW	3
2026-07-17 00:06:16	LOW	3
2026-07-16 00:05:41	LOW	3
2026-07-15 00:09:25	LOW	3