rootapp-bin

MEDIUM

maintainer ackerman 2 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The package downloads a prebuilt AppImage from a non-standard host (installer.rootapp.com), which is an unverifiable executable artifact that could be silently replaced, posing a supply-chain risk.

Triggered rules

Medium source=() URL on a non-standard host source_untrusted_domain

One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).

PKGBUILD:14 source=("Root-${pkgver}-x86_64.AppImage::https://installer.rootapp.com/installer/Linux/X64/Root.AppImage")

Medium AI review llm_review

An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 95%): The package downloads a prebuilt AppImage from a non-standard host (installer.rootapp.com), which is an unverifiable executable artifact that could be silently replaced, posing a supply-chain risk.

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Ackerman
    
      2pkgname=rootapp-bin
    
      3pkgver=0.9.130
    
      4pkgrel=1
    
      5pkgdesc="Root App is a new Discord alternative, designed for gaming communities and large online groups"
    
      6arch=('x86_64')
    
      7url="https://www.rootapp.com"
    
      8license=('custom')
    
      9depends=('gtk3' 'nss' 'libnotify' 'alsa-lib' 'xdg-utils' 'at-spi2-core' 'fuse2')
    
      10provides=('rootapp')
    
      11conflicts=('rootapp')
    
      12options=('!strip')
    
      13
    
      14source=("Root-${pkgver}-x86_64.AppImage::https://installer.rootapp.com/installer/Linux/X64/Root.AppImage")
    
      15sha256sums=('1da3143e6a271d22b1ef5b8de019baba39013e67d5feb4c8292c9d1294a3c6d0')
    
      16
    
      17prepare() {
    
      18    chmod +x "${srcdir}/Root-${pkgver}-x86_64.AppImage"
    
      19    "${srcdir}/Root-${pkgver}-x86_64.AppImage" --appimage-extract
    
      20}
    
      21
    
      22package() {
    
      23    install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/opt/${pkgname}"
    
      24    cp -r "${srcdir}/squashfs-root/"* "${pkgdir}/opt/${pkgname}/"
    
      25    chmod 755 "${pkgdir}/opt/${pkgname}/AppRun"
    
      26
    
      27    install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
    
      28    ln -s "/opt/${pkgname}/AppRun" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/rootapp"
    
      29
    
      30    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/squashfs-root/Root.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/rootapp.png"
    
      31    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/squashfs-root/Root.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/rootapp.png"
    
      32
    
      33    install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/rootapp.desktop" <<EOF
    
      34[Desktop Entry]
    
      35Type=Application
    
      36Name=Root
    
      37Comment=Root App is a new Discord alternative, designed for gaming communities and large online groups
    
      38Exec=rootapp %U
    
      39Icon=rootapp
    
      40Terminal=false
    
      41StartupWMClass=Root
    
      42Categories=Network;InstantMessaging;
    
      43MimeType=x-scheme-handler/rootapp;
    
      44EOF
    
      45}
    
      46

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-09-11 00:19
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-09-17 00:27
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: Ackerman
 pkgname=rootapp-bin
-pkgver=0.9.129
+pkgver=0.9.130
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Root App is a new Discord alternative, designed for gaming communities and large online groups"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 options=('!strip')
 
 source=("Root-${pkgver}-x86_64.AppImage::https://installer.rootapp.com/installer/Linux/X64/Root.AppImage")
-sha256sums=('51fec806888c320658162e8f9844c48613ad9ab2be662af427fd17dc5e2c42c0')
+sha256sums=('1da3143e6a271d22b1ef5b8de019baba39013e67d5feb4c8292c9d1294a3c6d0')
 
 prepare() {
     chmod +x "${srcdir}/Root-${pkgver}-x86_64.AppImage"

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 03:21:42	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 21:51:32	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