meshcmd-bin

maintainer loacker · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
MEDIUM
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Why flagged The PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt x86_64 binary from alt.meshcentral.com (a subdomain of meshcentral.com, which is the official MeshCentral/MeshCommander project domain operated by Intel/AMT team). The URL uses a query-parameter dispatch (?meshcmd=6) rather than a versioned release path, which means the downloaded binary is not pinned to a specific release artifact by URL — however, the b2sum provides integrity verification. The host is a subdomain of the official project domain (meshcentral.com), not a random personal host, so the supply-chain risk is lower than a truly unofficial mirror. Nevertheless, the binary is executed directly, there is no source build, and the download URL is dynamic/non-versioned (the same URL could serve a different binary if the server changes what '6' maps to, though the checksum would catch substitution). The real concern is that this is a prebuilt binary installed to /usr/bin with no source compilation, from a non-GitHub-releases URL, which is a legitimate medium supply-chain concern even with a checksum. The checksum mitigates active interception but not a compromised upstream server that updates the binary and the PKGBUILD simultaneously. Overall: genuine medium risk (prebuilt binary from a non-standard release URL), but not high since the domain is the official project domain and a strong checksum is present.

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:13 source=("meshcmd::https://alt.meshcentral.com/meshagents?meshcmd=6")
MEDIUM AI review 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 x86_64 binary from alt.meshcentral.com (a subdomain of meshcentral.com, which is the official MeshCentral/MeshCommander project domain operated by Intel/AMT team). The URL uses a query-parameter dispatch (?meshcmd=6) rather than a versioned release path, which means the downloaded binary is not pinned to a specific release artifact by URL — however, the b2sum provides integrity verification. The host is a subdomain of the official project domain (meshcentral.com), not a random personal host, so the supply-chain risk is lower than a truly unofficial mirror. Nevertheless, the binary is executed directly, there is no source build, and the download URL is dynamic/non-versioned (the same URL could serve a different binary if the server changes what '6' maps to, though the checksum would catch substitution). The real concern is that this is a prebuilt binary installed to /usr/bin with no source compilation, from a non-GitHub-releases URL, which is a legitimate medium supply-chain concern even with a checksum. The checksum mitigates active interception but not a compromised upstream server that updates the binary and the PKGBUILD simultaneously. Overall: genuine medium risk (prebuilt binary from a non-standard release URL), but not high since the domain is the official project domain and a strong checksum is present.

PKGBUILD

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1# Maintainer: Matteo Piccinini (loacker) <matteo.piccinini@gmail.com>
2
3pkgname=meshcmd-bin
4pkgver=1.1.46
5pkgrel=1
6pkgdesc="A command line tool for performing many Intel AMT management operations"
7arch=("x86_64")
8url="https://www.meshcommander.com/meshcommander/meshcmd"
9license=("Apache-2.0")
10depends=(
11 'glibc'
12)
13source=("meshcmd::https://alt.meshcentral.com/meshagents?meshcmd=6")
14b2sums=('7b3ccabb29faa6e8204494f33c8f30f4251299791bc8382b2186a9c382c4956464d2eb8a5fe31b48d3cfade82d6621f803e1aa8481bcdae821cb59bcf5e737b3')
15
16package() {
17 install -Dm755 "meshcmd" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/meshcmd"
18}
19

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