werf-bin

MEDIUM

maintainer rgeraskin 1 votes scanned 2026-11-01 00:21:48.120785

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Why flagged

The PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt binary from tuf.werf.io, which is the official TUF (The Update Framework) distribution endpoint for the werf project (werf.io is the official project site). TUF is a security framework specifically designed for secure software distribution, so this is actually the official, security-hardened release channel rather than a random personal host. However, it is still a prebuilt binary being installed directly to /usr/bin without source compilation, and the host tuf.werf.io, while official, is not a widely recognized platform like GitHub releases. A sha256sum is provided. The medium rating is borderline — this is the official vendor distribution mechanism — but since it installs an unauditable prebuilt binary directly to the system, the supply-chain concern is real if the host were compromised, and the binary cannot be verified beyond the single checksum. This is a common AUR pattern for -bin packages from official vendor hosts, making it closer to clean/low, but the non-GitHub/non-standard host and direct binary execution keep it at medium.

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:13 source=("https://tuf.werf.io/targets/releases/${pkgver}/linux-amd64/bin/werf")

Medium AI review llm_review

An AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 80%): The PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt binary from tuf.werf.io, which is the official TUF (The Update Framework) distribution endpoint for the werf project (werf.io is the official project site). TUF is a security framework specifically designed for secure software distribution, so this is actually the official, security-hardened release channel rather than a random personal host. However, it is still a prebuilt binary being installed directly to /usr/bin without source compilation, and the host tuf.werf.io, while official, is not a widely recognized platform like GitHub releases. A sha256sum is provided. The medium rating is borderline — this is the official vendor distribution mechanism — but since it installs an unauditable prebuilt binary directly to the system, the supply-chain concern is real if the host were compromised, and the binary cannot be verified beyond the single checksum. This is a common AUR pattern for -bin packages from official vendor hosts, making it closer to clean/low, but the non-GitHub/non-standard host and direct binary execution keep it at medium.

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Roman Geraskin <roman dot n dot geraskin at gmail dot com>
    
      2
    
      3pkgname=werf-bin
    
      4pkgver=2.6.4
    
      5pkgrel=1
    
      6pkgdesc='Kubernetes build and delivery tool'
    
      7arch=('x86_64')
    
      8url="https://werf.io"
    
      9depends=('docker' 'git')
    
      10license=('Apache')
    
      11provides=('werf')
    
      12conflicts=("werf-git")
    
      13source=("https://tuf.werf.io/targets/releases/${pkgver}/linux-amd64/bin/werf")
    
      14sha256sums=('e5fbbf13456cdeab90756e7cdc838f3a28b5fc6c159067faa40407fb81087c1a')
    
      15
    
      16package() {
    
      17  install -Dm755 werf "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/werf"
    
      18}
    
      19# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
    
      20

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-11-01 00:21:48	Medium	2
2026-10-31 00:07:41	Medium	2
2026-10-30 00:29:30	Medium	2
2026-10-29 00:13:55	Medium	2
2026-10-28 00:06:54	Medium	2
2026-10-27 00:23:28	Medium	2
2026-10-26 00:12:40	Medium	2
2026-10-25 00:20:48	Medium	2
2026-10-24 00:14:55	Medium	2
2026-10-23 00:02:19	Medium	2
2026-10-22 00:13:10	Medium	2
2026-10-21 00:12:50	Medium	2
2026-10-20 00:10:31	Medium	2
2026-10-19 00:03:55	Medium	2
2026-10-18 00:06:55	Medium	2
2026-10-17 00:21:55	Medium	2
2026-10-16 00:12:47	Medium	2
2026-10-15 00:28:05	Medium	2
2026-10-14 00:06:47	Medium	2
2026-10-13 00:23:45	Medium	2