libvppinfra-bin
The PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt binary .deb from packagecloud.io (a legitimate third-party package hosting service used by many open-source projects including fd.io/VPP for their official releases). The SHA256 checksum is pinned, which mitigates substitution attacks. However, the concern is real: this is a prebuilt binary extracted and installed directly, sourced from a CDN/hosting service rather than built from source. packagecloud.io is a legitimate hosting platform and fd.io does officially publish VPP packages there, so this is not an unofficial or personal host — it is the project's official distribution channel for Ubuntu packages. The risk is lower than a truly unofficial host, but installing prebuilt binaries (shared libraries from libvppinfra) that will be loaded into processes is a genuine supply-chain concern if the upstream host or account were ever compromised. The pinned checksum provides meaningful protection. Overall this sits at the lower end of medium: it's a prebuilt binary from an official but indirect distribution channel with a checksum, not clearly malicious but not source-built either.
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:13
source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.deb::https://packagecloud.io/fdio/release/packages/ubuntu/bionic/${_pkgname}_${pkgver}-release_amd64.deb/download.deb")
llm_review
An AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 72%): The PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt binary .deb from packagecloud.io (a legitimate third-party package hosting service used by many open-source projects including fd.io/VPP for their official releases). The SHA256 checksum is pinned, which mitigates substitution attacks. However, the concern is real: this is a prebuilt binary extracted and installed directly, sourced from a CDN/hosting service rather than built from source. packagecloud.io is a legitimate hosting platform and fd.io does officially publish VPP packages there, so this is not an unofficial or personal host — it is the project's official distribution channel for Ubuntu packages. The risk is lower than a truly unofficial host, but installing prebuilt binaries (shared libraries from libvppinfra) that will be loaded into processes is a genuine supply-chain concern if the upstream host or account were ever compromised. The pinned checksum provides meaningful protection. Overall this sits at the lower end of medium: it's a prebuilt binary from an official but indirect distribution channel with a checksum, not clearly malicious but not source-built either.
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: Tim Paik <timpaik@163.com>
_pkgname='libvppinfra'
pkgname="$_pkgname-bin"
pkgver=21.10.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Vector Packet Processing -- runtime libraries"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://fd.io/"
license=('Apache')
depends=()
provides=("${_pkgname}")
source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.deb::https://packagecloud.io/fdio/release/packages/ubuntu/bionic/${_pkgname}_${pkgver}-release_amd64.deb/download.deb")
noextract=("$pkgname-$pkgver.deb")
sha256sums=('b5431cc9e962c16665b7c1c5cdb7af3d996af28c85ef72ffd38dab0edb001400')
package() {
bsdtar -O -xf $pkgname-$pkgver.deb data.tar.xz | bsdtar -C "$pkgdir" -xJf -
for file in $(find ${pkgdir}/usr/lib -type f -or -type l -and -name \*); do
mv ${file} ${pkgdir}/usr/lib
done
rmdir "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu"
}
Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 00:21:48 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-31 00:07:41 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-30 00:29:30 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-29 00:13:55 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-28 00:06:54 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-27 00:23:28 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-26 00:12:40 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-25 00:20:48 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-24 00:14:55 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-23 00:02:19 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-22 00:13:10 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-21 00:12:50 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-20 00:10:31 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-19 00:03:55 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-18 00:06:55 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-17 00:21:55 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-16 00:12:47 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-15 00:28:05 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-14 00:06:47 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-10-13 00:23:45 | Medium | 2 |