palanteer

MEDIUM

maintainer Microwave_Chef 1 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The PKGBUILD installs Python wheels built locally but also runs 'pip install setuptools wheel --break-system-packages', which modifies the host's global Python environment, posing a supply-chain risk and violating packaging best practices.

Triggered rules

Medium pip install of an external package pip_install_external

`pip install <package>` fetches an unpinned package from PyPI at build time, outside source=() and makepkg's checksums.

PKGBUILD:18 python3.12 -m pip install setuptools wheel --break-system-packages

Medium AI review llm_review

An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 85%): The PKGBUILD installs Python wheels built locally but also runs 'pip install setuptools wheel --break-system-packages', which modifies the host's global Python environment, posing a supply-chain risk and violating packaging best practices.

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: Morteza NourelahiAlamdari <m@0t1.me>
    
      2
    
      3pkgname=palanteer
    
      4pkgver=0.8
    
      5pkgrel=1
    
      6pkgdesc="High performance visual profiler, debugger, tests enabler for C++ and Python"
    
      7arch=('x86_64')
    
      8url="https://github.com/dfeneyrou/${pkgname}"
    
      9license=('AGPL-3.0' 'MIT')
    
      10makedepends=('gcc' 'cmake' 'make')
    
      11depends=('python312')
    
      12source=("${url}/archive/refs/tags/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
    
      13sha256sums=('2e36f6b969ac44621de902adf3d5a7dbdbb6e00002ba7c8d29b1e303500144e1')
    
      14
    
      15build() {
    
      16  cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
    
      17  python3.12 -m ensurepip --upgrade 2>/dev/null
    
      18  python3.12 -m pip install setuptools wheel --break-system-packages
    
      19  [ -d build ] || mkdir build ; cd build
    
      20  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DPython3_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python3.12
    
      21  make -j$(nproc)
    
      22}
    
      23
    
      24package() {
    
      25  install -Dm755 "${pkgname}-${pkgver}/build/bin/${pkgname}" "${pkgdir}/usr/local/bin/${pkgname}"
    
      26  install -Dvm644 "${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE.md" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
    
      27
    
      28  # Desktop icon.
    
      29  install -Dm 644 ../palanteer.png "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/palanteer.png"
    
      30  install -Dm 644 ../palanteer.desktop "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/palanteer.desktop"
    
      31
    
      32  # Python packages.
    
      33  python3.12 -m pip install "${pkgname}-${pkgver}/build/python/dist/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"*.whl --root "${pkgdir}" --ignore-installed --no-deps
    
      34  python3.12 -m pip install "${pkgname}-${pkgver}/build/server/scripting/dist/${pkgname}_scripting-${pkgver}"*.whl --root "${pkgdir}" --ignore-installed --no-deps
    
      35}
    
      36

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 00:04:09	Medium	2
2026-09-08 00:18:08	Medium	2
2026-09-07 00:30:15	Medium	2
2026-09-06 00:17:06	Medium	2
2026-09-05 00:16:27	Medium	2
2026-09-04 00:03:13	Medium	2
2026-09-03 00:15:47	Medium	2
2026-09-02 00:02:31	Medium	2
2026-09-01 00:11:19	Medium	2
2026-08-31 00:19:57	Medium	2
2026-08-30 00:04:14	Medium	2
2026-08-29 00:29:17	Medium	2