xlibre-input-wacom-bin

MEDIUM

maintainer xlibre 1 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

This PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt binary package (.pkg.tar.zst) from x11libre.net, which is not an official Arch Linux mirror or a well-known upstream vendor host. XLibre is a fork of X.Org, and x11libre.net appears to be its project site, but it is not a widely recognized or audited distribution channel. The package extracts and installs the binary directly into pkgdir without any source build, meaning users are trusting a third-party binary entirely. A sha256sum is provided, which mitigates tampering in transit but does not address the trustworthiness of the host itself. The binary is an X input driver (xf86-input-wacom replacement) that runs with X server privileges, so a compromised or malicious binary would have significant impact. This is a genuine supply-chain concern: an unofficial host serving executed binaries that replace a core X.Org component, even if the project appears legitimate. The medium rating is appropriate.

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://x11libre.net/repo/arch_based/x86_64/xlibre-input-wacom-1.2.3.3-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst)

Medium AI review llm_review

An AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 72%): This PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt binary package (.pkg.tar.zst) from x11libre.net, which is not an official Arch Linux mirror or a well-known upstream vendor host. XLibre is a fork of X.Org, and x11libre.net appears to be its project site, but it is not a widely recognized or audited distribution channel. The package extracts and installs the binary directly into pkgdir without any source build, meaning users are trusting a third-party binary entirely. A sha256sum is provided, which mitigates tampering in transit but does not address the trustworthiness of the host itself. The binary is an X input driver (xf86-input-wacom replacement) that runs with X server privileges, so a compromised or malicious binary would have significant impact. This is a genuine supply-chain concern: an unofficial host serving executed binaries that replace a core X.Org component, even if the project appears legitimate. The medium rating is appropriate.

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: artist for Xlibre
    
      2
    
      3pkgname=xlibre-input-wacom-bin
    
      4_pkgname=xlibre-xf86-input-wacom
    
      5pkgver=1.2.3.3
    
      6pkgrel=4
    
      7pkgdesc="XLibre Official Easy Install Drop in Replacement fork of X.Org Wacom tablet driver (binary release)"
    
      8arch=(x86_64)
    
      9url=https://x11libre.net/repo/arch_based/x86_64
    
      10license=('GPL-2.0-or-later')
    
      11groups=('xlibre-drivers')
    
      12options=(!strip)
    
      13source=(https://x11libre.net/repo/arch_based/x86_64/xlibre-input-wacom-1.2.3.3-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst)
    
      14noextract=("${_pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst")
    
      15depends=('libxi' 'libxinerama' 'libxrandr' 'libx11' 'glibc')
    
      16provides=('xf86-input-wacom' 'xlibre-input-wacom')
    
      17conflicts=('xf86-input-wacom' 'xlibre-input-wacom' 'X-ABI-XINPUT_VERSION<26' 'X-ABI-XINPUT_VERSION>=27')
    
      18
    
      19sha256sums=('da789703eb5cbb7fd0616771e6d864f22a9fc68903dde58d01c608a578caad68')
    
      20
    
      21package() {
    
      22  tar -xf "${_pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst" -C "${pkgdir}" usr
    
      23}
    
      24
    
      25

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 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 00:02:31	Medium	2
2026-09-01 00:11:19	Medium	2
2026-08-31 00:19:57	Medium	2
2026-08-30 00:04:14	Medium	2
2026-08-29 00:29:17	Medium	2