nym-vpnd-bin (MEDIUM)

Triggered rules

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:27 chmod u+s "$pkgdir/usr/bin/nym-exclude"

MEDIUM AI review llm_review

An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 95%): The package installs a setuid binary (nym-exclude) which grants elevated privileges, creating a potential security risk if the binary is compromised.

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: Nym <ops@nymte.ch>
    
      2# Maintainer: Andrej Mihajlov <andrej@nymtech.net>
    
      3# Maintainer: Lawrence Stalder <lawrence.stalder@pm.me>
    
      4# Contributor: Pierre Dommerc <pierre@nymtech.net>
    
      5
    
      6pkgname=nym-vpnd-bin
    
      7pkgver=2026.11.3
    
      8pkgrel=1
    
      9pkgdesc='NymVPN daemon as a systemd service'
    
      10arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')
    
      11url='https://github.com/nymtech/nym-vpn-client'
    
      12license=('GPL-3.0-only')
    
      13depends=('glibc' 'gcc-libs' 'dbus' 'libmnl' 'libnftnl' 'polkit')
    
      14makedepends=()
    
      15provides=('nym-vpnd' 'nym-exclude' 'nym-socks5-proxy')
    
      16conflicts=('nym-vpnd')
    
      17options=(!debug)
    
      18source_x86_64=("$url/releases/download/nym-vpn-v2026.11.3/nym-vpn-core-v2026.11.3_linux_x86_64.tar.gz" 'nym-vpnd.service')
    
      19source_aarch64=("$url/releases/download/nym-vpn-v2026.11.3/nym-vpn-core-v2026.11.3_linux_aarch64.tar.gz" 'nym-vpnd.service')
    
      20sha256sums_x86_64=(32d9d9671cce5844df96174a61d27cfbe9138088c4e17baa7834c24d9c3eef04 66d5b043cbef2ae0ba19cc7685c7b42808515b8b520b0dd15a0c313ca039f6d6)
    
      21sha256sums_aarch64=(5535c9888f53c80fcd62effbdde7f62a8ace93c1e15d71fe66bef90866803928 66d5b043cbef2ae0ba19cc7685c7b42808515b8b520b0dd15a0c313ca039f6d6)
    
      22
    
      23package() {
    
      24  pushd "nym-vpn-core-v2026.11.3_linux_${CARCH}"
    
      25  install -Dm755 "nym-vpnd" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/nym-vpnd"
    
      26  install -Dm755 "nym-exclude" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/nym-exclude"
    
      27  chmod u+s "$pkgdir/usr/bin/nym-exclude"
    
      28  install -Dm755 "nym-socks5-proxy" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/nym-socks5-proxy"
    
      29  popd
    
      30
    
      31  install -Dm644 nym-vpnd.service "$pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/nym-vpnd.service"
    
      32}
    
      33

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-07-21 00:24
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-08-03 00:08
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Contributor: Pierre Dommerc <pierre@nymtech.net>
 
 pkgname=nym-vpnd-bin
-pkgver=2026.11.1
+pkgver=2026.11.3
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='NymVPN daemon as a systemd service'
 arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 provides=('nym-vpnd' 'nym-exclude' 'nym-socks5-proxy')
 conflicts=('nym-vpnd')
 options=(!debug)
-source_x86_64=("$url/releases/download/nym-vpn-v2026.11.1/nym-vpn-core-v2026.11.1_linux_x86_64.tar.gz" 'nym-vpnd.service')
-source_aarch64=("$url/releases/download/nym-vpn-v2026.11.1/nym-vpn-core-v2026.11.1_linux_aarch64.tar.gz" 'nym-vpnd.service')
-sha256sums_x86_64=(d3d9da510404e731c3cc53865b37cce4b2e85bbeec43a082702bff4451f46c3e 66d5b043cbef2ae0ba19cc7685c7b42808515b8b520b0dd15a0c313ca039f6d6)
-sha256sums_aarch64=(076d4a6ecd5a2f5d1f4d9f3b80f02f6d01f03c492861c2f131fdb078560d159a 66d5b043cbef2ae0ba19cc7685c7b42808515b8b520b0dd15a0c313ca039f6d6)
+source_x86_64=("$url/releases/download/nym-vpn-v2026.11.3/nym-vpn-core-v2026.11.3_linux_x86_64.tar.gz" 'nym-vpnd.service')
+source_aarch64=("$url/releases/download/nym-vpn-v2026.11.3/nym-vpn-core-v2026.11.3_linux_aarch64.tar.gz" 'nym-vpnd.service')
+sha256sums_x86_64=(32d9d9671cce5844df96174a61d27cfbe9138088c4e17baa7834c24d9c3eef04 66d5b043cbef2ae0ba19cc7685c7b42808515b8b520b0dd15a0c313ca039f6d6)
+sha256sums_aarch64=(5535c9888f53c80fcd62effbdde7f62a8ace93c1e15d71fe66bef90866803928 66d5b043cbef2ae0ba19cc7685c7b42808515b8b520b0dd15a0c313ca039f6d6)
 
 package() {
-  pushd "nym-vpn-core-v2026.11.1_linux_${CARCH}"
+  pushd "nym-vpn-core-v2026.11.3_linux_${CARCH}"
   install -Dm755 "nym-vpnd" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/nym-vpnd"
   install -Dm755 "nym-exclude" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/nym-exclude"
   chmod u+s "$pkgdir/usr/bin/nym-exclude"

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-08-03 00:08:14	MEDIUM	2
2026-08-02 00:16:08	MEDIUM	2
2026-08-01 00:11:18	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-31 00:14:10	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 09:16:42	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
2026-07-16 00:05:41	MEDIUM	2