outline-client-appimage-git
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:17
source=("${_deb_base_name}.deb::https://s3.amazonaws.com/outline-releases/client/linux/stable/outline-client_amd64.deb")
llm_review
An AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 72%): The PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt .deb binary from an S3 bucket (outline-releases) and extracts it directly into the package directory. The S3 bucket is operated by Jigsaw/Google (the official Outline project maintainers), so this is effectively the official release channel rather than a random personal host. However, S3 buckets can be misconfigured or taken over, and there is no GPG signature verification — only an MD5 checksum, which is cryptographically weak and provides minimal integrity assurance. The artifact is an executed binary (AppImage wrapped in a .deb), not pure data, so a compromised or substituted binary would result in code execution on the user's system. The use of 'stable' as a path component (rather than a pinned version hash) means the checksum could drift if the upstream file is replaced. This is a genuine, if modest, supply-chain concern: not clearly malicious, but the weak integrity check on an executed binary from a mutable S3 path warrants a medium rating.
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: maintuner <zackmelan>
_deb_base_name=outline
pkgname=outline-client-appimage-git
pkgver=1.19.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="The Outline clients use the popular Shadowsocks protocol, and lean on the Cordova and Electron frameworks."
arch=(x86_64)
conflicts=('outline-client-appimage' 'outline-client-appimage-wayland' 'outline-client-appimage-git')
license=("Apache License 2.0")
url="https://getoutline.org"
#Outline-Client.AppImage::https://s3.amazonaws.com/outline-releases/client/linux/1.8.0/3/Outline-Client.AppImage"
makedepends=('binutils' 'wget')
source=("${_deb_base_name}.deb::https://s3.amazonaws.com/outline-releases/client/linux/stable/outline-client_amd64.deb")
md5sums=('5b7c8d7ddbf8d03fab1ae9e576447bba')
options=('!strip')
package() {
ar x "${_deb_base_name}.deb"
tar -xf data.tar.xz -C "${pkgdir}"
}
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 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 |
| 2026-07-15 00:09:25 | MEDIUM | 2 |