python-mediapipe-git

MEDIUM

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

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Why flagged

The PKGBUILD downloads a Bazel binary from the official GitHub releases page (github.com/bazelbuild/bazel) at a version pinned by the upstream mediapipe repository's .bazelversion file, then executes it. This is a common workaround for AUR packages that require a specific Bazel version not matching the system package. The source is the official bazelbuild GitHub releases, not an attacker-controlled host. However, the downloaded binary is not checksummed (no sha256 verification in the PKGBUILD for the wget'd binary), meaning a MITM or a compromised GitHub release could substitute a malicious binary that gets executed during the build. This is a real supply-chain concern (executed binary from external host without integrity check) but not clearly malicious intent - it's a known packaging pattern for Bazel-dependent packages. Rated medium due to the unverified executed binary, not high because the source is the official upstream vendor release host.

Triggered rules

Medium AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this HIGH, but an AI model (anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it MEDIUM (confidence 80%): The PKGBUILD downloads a Bazel binary from the official GitHub releases page (github.com/bazelbuild/bazel) at a version pinned by the upstream mediapipe repository's .bazelversion file, then executes it. This is a common workaround for AUR packages that require a specific Bazel version not matching the system package. The source is the official bazelbuild GitHub releases, not an attacker-controlled host. However, the downloaded binary is not checksummed (no sha256 verification in the PKGBUILD for the wget'd binary), meaning a MITM or a compromised GitHub release could substitute a malicious binary that gets executed during the build. This is a real supply-chain concern (executed binary from external host without integrity check) but not clearly malicious intent - it's a known packaging pattern for Bazel-dependent packages. Rated medium due to the unverified executed binary, not high because the source is the official upstream vendor release host.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

High Downloaded file is executed download_then_exec

A file fetched with curl/wget (not part of source=(), so never checksum-verified) is later made executable or run — a fetch-and-execute pattern split across statements.

PKGBUILD:64 chmod +x ${srcdir}/bin/bazel

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Premysl Srubar <premysl.srubar at gmail com>
    
      2# Maintainer: Hu Butui <hot123tea123@gmail.com>
    
      3
    
      4pkgname=python-mediapipe-git
    
      5pkgver=1.0.0.r85.251c0cb96
    
      6pkgrel=1
    
      7pkgdesc="A cross-platform, customizable ML solutions for live and streaming media"
    
      8arch=('x86_64')
    
      9url="https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe"
    
      10license=("Apache-2.0")
    
      11depends=(
    
      12  absl-py
    
      13  gcc-libs
    
      14  glibc
    
      15  libglvnd
    
      16  opencv
    
      17  opengl-driver
    
      18  python-attrs
    
      19  python-flatbuffers
    
      20  python-matplotlib
    
      21  python-numpy
    
      22  python-opencv
    
      23  python-pillow
    
      24  python-protobuf
    
      25  python-scipy
    
      26  python-six
    
      27  python-sounddevice
    
      28  python-tensorflow
    
      29)
    
      30makedepends=(
    
      31  git
    
      32  patchelf
    
      33  python-build
    
      34  python-installer
    
      35  python-setuptools
    
      36  python-wheel
    
      37  wget
    
      38)
    
      39provides=("${pkgname%-git}")
    
      40conflicts=("${pkgname%-git}")
    
      41
    
      42source=("${pkgname}::git+https://github.com/google-ai-edge/mediapipe.git"
    
      43        "0004-use-opencv-headers.patch"
    
      44        "0005-set-hermetic-python-version-and-disable-odml-converter.patch"
    
      45        "0006-opencv5-geometry-header.patch"
    
      46        "0007-bump-rules-java.patch"
    
      47)
    
      48sha256sums=('SKIP'
    
      49            'd18e88a217a00dc77cf2bfaa1d33b5fbc912deed5df686b0d2455fb0db75a677'
    
      50            '62cbd43346e7a7705127656a74bec44852e5bbfc006c4723005fdd23af5258db'
    
      51            'fb082d88d9cca47534ae01fca676a3afdb909bfc82d52c97cf0eaedf34571d5f'
    
      52            'bdead49ac5370dc84d9facee962bf2def5d9055d7339a37b2ba3f3b4bb02f811')
    
      53
    
      54pkgver() {
    
      55  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}"
    
      56  printf "%s" "$(git describe --long --tags | sed 's/\([^-]*-\)g/r\1/;s/-/./g' | sed 's/^v//')"
    
      57}
    
      58
    
      59prepare() {
    
      60  # bazel in the ArchLinux is not working
    
      61  mkdir -p ${srcdir}/bin
    
      62  bazel_version=$(cat ${srcdir}/${pkgname}/.bazelversion)
    
      63  wget https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/${bazel_version}/bazel-${bazel_version}-linux-x86_64 -O ${srcdir}/bin/bazel
    
      64  chmod +x ${srcdir}/bin/bazel
    
      65  export PATH=${srcdir}/bin:${PATH}
    
      66  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}"
    
      67  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/0004-use-opencv-headers.patch"
    
      68  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/0005-set-hermetic-python-version-and-disable-odml-converter.patch"
    
      69  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/0006-opencv5-geometry-header.patch"
    
      70  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/0007-bump-rules-java.patch"
    
      71  # set __version__
    
      72  formatted_version=$(echo $pkgver | sed 's/^v//; s/r\([0-9]*\)\./post\1+/')
    
      73  sed -i "s/^__version__ = .*/__version__ = '$formatted_version'/" setup.py
    
      74  # set link_opencv to True
    
      75  sed -i "s/self.link_opencv = False/self.link_opencv = True/g" setup.py
    
      76}
    
      77
    
      78build() {
    
      79  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}"
    
      80  # enable building with GPU support, using opengl-driver
    
      81  # opengl-driver is provided by mesa or nvidia-utils
    
      82  MEDIAPIPE_DISABLE_GPU=0 \
    
      83  python -m build --wheel --no-isolation
    
      84}
    
      85
    
      86package() {
    
      87  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}"
    
      88  python -m installer --destdir="${pkgdir}" dist/*.whl
    
      89  # remove rpath and fix permission
    
      90  find ${pkgdir} -type f -name "*.so" -exec patchelf --remove-rpath {} \;
    
      91  find ${pkgdir} -type f -name "*.so" -exec chmod 755 {} \;
    
      92}
    
      93# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
    
      94

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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 13:44:12	Medium	2
2026-08-30 13:42:42	High	1