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1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 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 |