weaver-git

LOW

maintainer RedVelvetCake11 0 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The PKGBUILD is sloppy but not malicious. The `sudo pip install configparser` in prepare() is bad practice (sudo inside fakeroot is a no-op/pointless, and configparser is Python stdlib), but it installs a well-known package from PyPI rather than an attacker-controlled source. The source is fetched from a legitimate GitHub repository (TwilightInc/weaver) with no host substitution. There is no obfuscated payload, no exfiltration, and no RCE. The main issues are poor packaging practices: using sudo inside fakeroot, installing a redundant stdlib package via pip, missing checksums (SKIP), and potential build failure if the Makefile doesn't exist. These are quality/sloppy issues, not security threats.

Triggered rules

Low AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 85%): The PKGBUILD is sloppy but not malicious. The `sudo pip install configparser` in prepare() is bad practice (sudo inside fakeroot is a no-op/pointless, and configparser is Python stdlib), but it installs a well-known package from PyPI rather than an attacker-controlled source. The source is fetched from a legitimate GitHub repository (TwilightInc/weaver) with no host substitution. There is no obfuscated payload, no exfiltration, and no RCE. The main issues are poor packaging practices: using sudo inside fakeroot, installing a redundant stdlib package via pip, missing checksums (SKIP), and potential build failure if the Makefile doesn't exist. These are quality/sloppy issues, not security threats.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

Medium pip install of an external package pip_install_external

`pip install <package>` fetches an unpinned package from PyPI at build time, outside source=() and makepkg's checksums.

PKGBUILD:22 sudo pip install configparser --break-system-packages

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer: RedVelvetCake11 <membermadde.insiddev25120@hotmail.com>
    
      2
    
      3pkgname=weaver-git
    
      4pkgver=1.0
    
      5pkgrel=1
    
      6pkgdesc="A simple web browser written in Python, GTK4, libadwaita, and WebKitGTK"
    
      7arch=('any')
    
      8url="https://rvc11.is-a.dev"
    
      9license=('GPL')
    
      10depends=('python' 'python-gobject' 'python-pillow' 'python-requests' 'sqlite'
    
      11         'gtk4' 'webkitgtk-6.0' 'libadwaita' 'python-gobject' 'git')
    
      12makedepends=('python-setuptools' 'python-pip')  # If you need to build from source
    
      13source=('git+https://github.com/TwilightInc/weaver.git')    # Add your source file or path
    
      14sha256sums=('SKIP')  # Replace with actual checksum for source file if necessary
    
      15
    
      16pkgver() {
    
      17    grep "VERSION" $srcdir/weaver/main.py | head -1 | sed 's/"/ /g' | awk '{ print $2 }'
    
      18}
    
      19
    
      20prepare() {
    
      21    # resort to PIP installation
    
      22    sudo pip install configparser --break-system-packages
    
      23}
    
      24
    
      25package() {
    
      26    # Create necessary directories for installation
    
      27    mkdir -p $pkgdir/usr/lib
    
      28    mkdir -p $pkgdir/usr/bin
    
      29    mkdir -p $pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
    
      30    mkdir -p $pkgdir/usr/share/applications
    
      31
    
      32    # Perform the installation
    
      33    make -C "$srcdir/weaver" prefix="/usr" install DESTDIR="$pkgdir"
    
      34
    
      35    # Create a symbolic link (for executables) inside the bin directory
    
      36    # We avoid using 'ln -sf' directly on the original location since fakeroot might simulate different paths
    
      37    ln -sf /usr/lib/weaver/main.py $pkgdir/usr/bin/weaver
    
      38
    
      39    # Show a message when the installation is complete
    
      40    echo "Installation completed successfully."
    
      41}
    
      42
    
      43

Scan history

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2026-09-17 00:27:14	Low	2
2026-09-16 00:03:17	Low	2
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2026-09-13 00:19:54	Low	2
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2026-09-05 00:16:27	Low	2
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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