rootapp-bin

maintainer ackerman · 2 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

MEDIUM

Why flagged The package downloads a prebuilt AppImage from a non-whitelisted, project-specific domain (installer.rootapp.com), which is an unverifiable executable artifact that could be silently swapped by an unrelated party, 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-whitelisted, project-specific domain (installer.rootapp.com), which is an unverifiable executable artifact that could be silently swapped by an unrelated party, posing a supply-chain risk.

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Ackerman
    
      2pkgname=rootapp-bin
    
      3pkgver=0.9.123
    
      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=('2a9e9f5c2557b5567ea3494911388bf813786e44d72f12ecac65ed00d938f33c')
    
      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 @ 2026-07-31 00:14
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-08-03 00:08
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: Ackerman
 pkgname=rootapp-bin
-pkgver=0.9.121
+pkgver=0.9.123
 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=('3cab1a0fb3283478c0e7c14530e061ff28f7a288df963bc580bcc069d191e59b')
+sha256sums=('2a9e9f5c2557b5567ea3494911388bf813786e44d72f12ecac65ed00d938f33c')
 
 prepare() {
     chmod +x "${srcdir}/Root-${pkgver}-x86_64.AppImage"

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-08-03 00:08:14	MEDIUM	2
2026-08-02 00:16:08	MEDIUM	2
2026-08-01 00:11:18	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-31 07:17:22	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-31 03:17:12	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-31 00:14:10	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-30 00:17:23	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-29 00:25:53	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-28 00:07:28	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-27 00:24:32	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-26 00:07:32	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-25 00:13:44	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-24 09:27:42	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-24 00:02:28	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-23 00:14:47	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-22 00:29:32	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-21 00:24:15	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-20 00:19:49	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-19 00:17:08	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-18 09:57:20	MEDIUM	2