piper-speak
The package downloads voice model files (non-executable data) from Hugging Face, a plausible and commonly used host for ML models; while checksums are skipped, the worst case is data tampering, not code execution.
Triggered rules
llm_review
The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-07-25) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The package downloads voice model files (non-executable data) from Hugging Face, a plausible and commonly used host for ML models; while checksums are skipped, the worst case is data tampering, not code execution.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
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:13
"https://huggingface.co/rhasspy/piper-voices/resolve/main/en/en_US/lessac/medium/en_US-lessac-medium.onnx"
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: David Keegan <me@davidkeegan.com>
pkgname=piper-speak
pkgver=2.0.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Simple text-to-speech wrapper for Piper TTS on Linux"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://github.com/kgn/piper-speak"
license=('MIT')
depends=('piper-tts' 'pipewire-pulse' 'wl-clipboard')
makedepends=('go')
optdepends=('libnotify: for speak-selection notifications')
source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/kgn/piper-speak/archive/refs/tags/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
"https://huggingface.co/rhasspy/piper-voices/resolve/main/en/en_US/lessac/medium/en_US-lessac-medium.onnx"
"https://huggingface.co/rhasspy/piper-voices/resolve/main/en/en_US/lessac/medium/en_US-lessac-medium.onnx.json")
sha256sums=('SKIP'
'SKIP'
'SKIP')
build() {
cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -o piper-speak ./cmd/piper-speak/
}
package() {
cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
install -Dm755 piper-speak "$pkgdir/usr/bin/piper-speak"
install -Dm755 scripts/speak-selection "$pkgdir/usr/bin/speak-selection"
install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
install -Dm644 README.md "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/README.md"
# Install default voice model
install -Dm644 "$srcdir/en_US-lessac-medium.onnx" "$pkgdir/usr/share/piper-speak/voices/en_US-lessac-medium.onnx"
install -Dm644 "$srcdir/en_US-lessac-medium.onnx.json" "$pkgdir/usr/share/piper-speak/voices/en_US-lessac-medium.onnx.json"
}
Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 00:21:48 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-31 00:07:41 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-30 00:29:30 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-29 00:13:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-28 00:06:54 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-27 00:23:28 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-26 00:12:40 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-25 00:20:48 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-24 00:14:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-23 00:02:19 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-22 00:13:10 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-21 00:12:50 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-20 00:10:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-19 00:03:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-18 00:06:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-17 00:21:55 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-16 00:12:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-15 00:28:05 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-14 00:06:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-10-13 00:23:45 | Low | 2 |