human-mcp-git

maintainer vascofonseca · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The package installs a self-update mechanism via a sudoers file and systemd service, but this is opt-in and requires explicit admin configuration; the source is from the maintainer's own GitHub repo, and no untrusted remote code execution is forced.

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-2507) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The package installs a self-update mechanism via a sudoers file and systemd service, but this is opt-in and requires explicit admin configuration; the source is from the maintainer's own GitHub repo, and no untrusted remote code execution is forced.

2 higher static findings superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

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:42 install -Dm644 packaging/systemd/human-mcp-self-update.service "$pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/human-mcp-self-update.service"
PKGBUILD:43 install -Dm755 packaging/scripts/human-mcp-self-update "$pkgdir/usr/lib/human-mcp/human-mcp-self-update"
PKGBUILD:44 install -Dm440 packaging/sudoers/human-mcp-self-update "$pkgdir/etc/sudoers.d/human-mcp-self-update"

MEDIUM Recently orphaned & re-adopted orphaned_readopted

This package was orphaned and re-adopted within the last 30 days — a window where ownership transfers can introduce malicious changes.

PKGBUILD

3 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: LIghtJUNction
    
      2pkgname=human-mcp-git
    
      3pkgver=0.1.21.r61.gaeabfaa
    
      4pkgrel=1
    
      5pkgdesc='Human-in-the-loop MCP server'
    
      6arch=('x86_64')
    
      7url='https://github.com/LIghtJUNction/human-mcp'
    
      8license=('MIT')
    
      9depends=('gcc-libs' 'openssl' 'sudo')
    
      10makedepends=('bun' 'cargo' 'git')
    
      11provides=('human-mcp')
    
      12conflicts=('human-mcp')
    
      13backup=('etc/human-mcp.env')
    
      14install=human-mcp.install
    
      15source=('git+https://github.com/LIghtJUNction/human-mcp.git')
    
      16sha256sums=('SKIP')
    
      17
    
      18pkgver() {
    
      19  cd human-mcp
    
      20  printf '0.1.21.r%s.g%s' "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
    
      21}
    
      22
    
      23prepare() {
    
      24  cd human-mcp
    
      25  git submodule update --init human-mcp-webui
    
      26}
    
      27
    
      28build() {
    
      29  cd human-mcp
    
      30  (
    
      31    cd human-mcp-webui
    
      32    bun install --frozen-lockfile
    
      33    bun run build
    
      34  )
    
      35  cargo build --release --locked
    
      36}
    
      37
    
      38package() {
    
      39  cd human-mcp
    
      40  install -Dm755 target/release/human-mcp "$pkgdir/usr/bin/human-mcp"
    
      41  install -Dm644 packaging/systemd/human-mcp.service "$pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/human-mcp.service"
    
      42  install -Dm644 packaging/systemd/human-mcp-self-update.service "$pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/human-mcp-self-update.service"
    
      43  install -Dm755 packaging/scripts/human-mcp-self-update "$pkgdir/usr/lib/human-mcp/human-mcp-self-update"
    
      44  install -Dm440 packaging/sudoers/human-mcp-self-update "$pkgdir/etc/sudoers.d/human-mcp-self-update"
    
      45  install -Dm644 packaging/sysusers/human-mcp.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/human-mcp.conf"
    
      46  install -Dm644 packaging/tmpfiles/human-mcp.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/human-mcp.conf"
    
      47  install -Dm640 env.example "$pkgdir/etc/human-mcp.env"
    
      48  install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr/share/human-mcp/web"
    
      49  cp -a --no-preserve=ownership human-mcp-webui/dist/. "$pkgdir/usr/share/human-mcp/web/"
    
      50}
    
      51

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-07-31 00:14
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-08-03 00:08
@@ -12,12 +12,8 @@
 conflicts=('human-mcp')
 backup=('etc/human-mcp.env')
 install=human-mcp.install
-source=(
-  'migrator'
-)
-sha256sums=(
-  'SKIP'
-)
+source=('git+https://github.com/LIghtJUNction/human-mcp.git')
+sha256sums=('SKIP')
 
 pkgver() {
   cd human-mcp
@@ -30,7 +26,6 @@
 }
 
 build() {
-  sudo "$srcdir/migrator"
   cd human-mcp
   (
     cd human-mcp-webui
@@ -54,4 +49,3 @@
   cp -a --no-preserve=ownership human-mcp-webui/dist/. "$pkgdir/usr/share/human-mcp/web/"
 }
 
-

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 15:18:17	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-31 00:14:10	MEDIUM	3
2026-07-30 17:15:21	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-30 00:17:23	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-29 00:25:53	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-28 00:07:28	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-27 00:24:32	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-26 00:07:32	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-25 00:13:44	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-24 00:02:28	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-23 00:14:47	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-22 00:29:32	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-21 00:24:15	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-20 00:19:49	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-19 00:17:08	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-18 00:14:48	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-17 00:06:16	MEDIUM	2