vosk-api-bin
The package downloads a model file from a non-whitelisted but project-owned host (alphacephei.com) which is used as data, not executed; the actual binaries come from GitHub releases of the same project, making the source trustworthy and the download non-malicious.
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 model file from a non-whitelisted but project-owned host (alphacephei.com) which is used as data, not executed; the actual binaries come from GitHub releases of the same project, making the source trustworthy and the download non-malicious.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)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:13
source=("https://alphacephei.com/kaldi/models/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15.zip")
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: Bobby Hamblin <hamblingreen@hotmail.com>
pkgname='vosk-api-bin'
pkgver=0.3.45
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc='Offline speech recognition toolkit'
url='https://alphacephei.com/vosk/'
arch=('aarch64' 'armv7l' 'riscv64' 'x86_64' 'x86')
license=('Apache')
provides=('vosk-api')
conflicts=('vosk-api')
source=("https://alphacephei.com/kaldi/models/vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15.zip")
sha256sums=('30f26242c4eb449f948e42cb302dd7a686cb29a3423a8367f99ff41780942498')
sha256sums_aarch64=('45e95d37755deb07568e79497d7feba8c03aee5a9e071df29961aa023fd94541')
sha256sums_armv7l=('10b795ae478ef1d530fcbfbbea9ccbbbf3b7e7c244bd5fd3176f4a6af32f3c8c')
sha256sums_riscv64=('9e7f890e6a464526600fcf94e3a223ff5db960f21e4ee2b51ac49b71c28fa860')
sha256sums_x86_64=('bbdc8ed85c43979f6443142889770ea95cbfbc56cffb5c5dcd73afa875c5fbb2')
sha256sums_x86=('b539efc22780948bd98e2ecb9c1b92ca08b3c552a18744f7202ab78405b8e1f9')
source_aarch64=("https://github.com/alphacep/vosk-api/releases/download/v${pkgver}/vosk-linux-aarch64-${pkgver}.zip")
source_armv7l=("https://github.com/alphacep/vosk-api/releases/download/v${pkgver}/vosk-linux-armv7l-${pkgver}.zip")
source_riscv64=("https://github.com/alphacep/vosk-api/releases/download/v${pkgver}/vosk-linux-riscv64-${pkgver}.zip")
source_x86=("https://github.com/alphacep/vosk-api/releases/download/v${pkgver}/vosk-linux-x86-${pkgver}.zip")
source_x86_64=("https://github.com/alphacep/vosk-api/releases/download/v${pkgver}/vosk-linux-x86_64-${pkgver}.zip")
package() {
cd "$srcdir/vosk-linux-$(uname -m)-$pkgver"
mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/lib"
mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/include"
mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/local/share/vosk-models"
install "libvosk.so" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/"
install "vosk_api.h" "$pkgdir/usr/include/"
cd "$srcdir"
cp -r "vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15" "$pkgdir/usr/local/share/vosk-models/small-en-us/"
}
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 |