piper-voices-common
The package downloads a voices.json file and configuration scripts from Hugging Face, which is a legitimate source for model data; the file is not executable and the worst case of a swapped source is limited to 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 a voices.json file and configuration scripts from Hugging Face, which is a legitimate source for model data; the file is not executable and the worst case of a swapped source is limited to 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1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:17
"https://huggingface.co/rhasspy/$_pkgbase/resolve/main/voices.json"
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: AlphaJack <alphajack at tuta dot io>
_pkgbase="piper-voices"
pkgname="$_pkgbase-common"
pkgver=1.0.1
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc="Voices for Piper text to speech system (common files)"
url="https://huggingface.co/rhasspy/$_pkgbase"
license=("MIT")
arch=("any")
depends=("piper-tts" "alsa-utils")
optdepends=(
"speech-dispatcher: tts support for third party apps"
"$_pkgbase-minimal: single voice for en-us"
"$_pkgbase: voices for all languages")
source=(
"https://huggingface.co/rhasspy/$_pkgbase/resolve/main/voices.json"
"piper-tts-generic.conf"
"piper-dispatcher"
)
b2sums=('SKIP'
'ad4ff21c47b05bd7aef709c32ee5b1af0add40f070b649df0c62740ed46a19a87920d8099de331fd52c51e13692868630732cbd7ce6b1cc98ede59e831473f3f'
'2dfdfe1d849ae26928754ec29a5f41036f91a11f9a51d201537bdfc61ff99ecd33c54b44120cb3feeeed28b5053b711e6111fc381f6182832b9909069fb138ce')
options=("!strip")
install="$pkgname.install"
backup=(etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/piper-tts-generic.conf)
package(){
install -D -m 664 "$srcdir/voices.json" -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/$_pkgbase"
install -D -m 664 "$srcdir/piper-tts-generic.conf" -t "$pkgdir/etc/speech-dispatcher/modules"
install -D -m 775 "$srcdir/piper-dispatcher" -t "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
}
Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 00:27:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-16 00:03:17 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-15 00:25:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-14 00:27:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-13 00:19:54 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-12 00:25:17 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-11 00:19:22 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-10 00:22:44 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-09 00:04:09 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-08 00:18:08 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-07 00:30:15 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-06 00:17:06 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-05 00:16:27 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-04 00:03:13 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-03 00:15:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-02 00:02:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-01 00:11:19 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-31 00:19:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-30 00:04:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-29 00:29:17 | Low | 2 |