lmstudio-bin
The package downloads a prebuilt AppImage from a non-standard host (installers.lmstudio.ai), which is not on common trust whitelists, posing a supply-chain risk if the host is compromised or the download is intercepted.
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:15
source=("https://installers.lmstudio.ai/linux/x64/${_pkgver}/LM-Studio-${_pkgver}-x64.AppImage"
llm_review
An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 95%): The package downloads a prebuilt AppImage from a non-standard host (installers.lmstudio.ai), which is not on common trust whitelists, posing a supply-chain risk if the host is compromised or the download is intercepted.
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: noureddinex
pkgname=lmstudio-bin
pkgver=0.4.24
pkgrel=1
_pkgver=${pkgver}-${pkgrel}
pkgdesc="LM Studio - A desktop app for exploring and running large language models locally"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://lmstudio.ai"
license=('EULA')
depends=('fuse2' 'zlib' 'hicolor-icon-theme' 'gtk3' 'nss' 'libxcrypt-compat')
options=('!strip')
install=lmstudio-bin.install
provides=(lmstudio)
conflicts=(lmstudio)
source=("https://installers.lmstudio.ai/linux/x64/${_pkgver}/LM-Studio-${_pkgver}-x64.AppImage"
"lmstudio.png"
"lmstudio.desktop")
sha256sums=('17cb8ac6374f9182fc127efae20680265e3c4c17d96eadf147eb5fe6111a9353'
'9f791789c959a11316328692807737a5f1bc1c170ae99ec04c56bfd8ee8263e5'
'635dec12f3e3a57136b9e6fd7c2839ed6da7287fa55b482d64debf6eacf36baa')
prepare() {
chmod +x "${srcdir}/${source[0]##*/}"
}
package() {
# Create installation directory
install -dm755 "$pkgdir/opt/lm-studio"
# Install AppImage
install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${source[0]##*/}" "$pkgdir/opt/lm-studio/lm-studio.AppImage"
# Install static icon
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/lmstudio.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/lmstudio-bin.png"
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/lmstudio.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/lmstudio-bin.png"
# Desktop entry
install -Dm644 "$srcdir/lmstudio.desktop" "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/lmstudio.desktop"
# Symlink to binary
install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
ln -s /opt/lm-studio/lm-studio.AppImage "$pkgdir/usr/bin/lm-studio"
}
Changes since previous scan
--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-09-09 00:04+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-09-17 00:27@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Maintainer: noureddinex pkgname=lmstudio-bin-pkgver=0.4.23+pkgver=0.4.24 pkgrel=1 _pkgver=${pkgver}-${pkgrel} pkgdesc="LM Studio - A desktop app for exploring and running large language models locally"@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ source=("https://installers.lmstudio.ai/linux/x64/${_pkgver}/LM-Studio-${_pkgver}-x64.AppImage" "lmstudio.png" "lmstudio.desktop")-sha256sums=('c1bdf195281e25dc921af5c91eb2502035240dce1217140c43036d6cf3038fd8'+sha256sums=('17cb8ac6374f9182fc127efae20680265e3c4c17d96eadf147eb5fe6111a9353' '9f791789c959a11316328692807737a5f1bc1c170ae99ec04c56bfd8ee8263e5' '635dec12f3e3a57136b9e6fd7c2839ed6da7287fa55b482d64debf6eacf36baa') 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 15:19:51 | Medium | 2 |
| 2026-09-09 00:04:09 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-08 00:18:08 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-07 00:30:15 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-06 00:17:06 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-05 00:16:27 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-04 00:03:13 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-03 00:15:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-02 00:02:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-01 00:11:19 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-31 00:19:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-30 00:04:14 | Low | 2 |