yandex-browser

MEDIUM

maintainer labaman 49 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The package installs a prebuilt .deb from a non-whitelisted host (repo.yandex.ru), which is not inherently malicious but presents a supply-chain risk if the host is compromised; however, the .install script performs legitimate post-install tasks like managing symlinks, AppArmor, and icons without executing remote code or exfiltrating data.

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:28 source=("${pkgname}-${_pkgver}.deb::https://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-browser/deb/pool/main/y/yandex-${_pkgname}/yandex-${_pkgname}_${_pkgver}_amd64.deb")

Medium Privileged / out-of-pacman install (sudoers, setuid, or self-update) privileged_install

The package grants elevated privileges or installs an update path outside pacman: a /etc/sudoers.d rule (often passwordless), a setuid/setgid binary, or a self-update script/service that can fetch and run future code with no checksum verification. The initial install may be verified, but the ongoing privilege + update surface is a real supply-chain / privilege-escalation risk.

.install:100 chmod 2755 "$service_path"

Medium AI review llm_review

An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 90%): The package installs a prebuilt .deb from a non-whitelisted host (repo.yandex.ru), which is not inherently malicious but presents a supply-chain risk if the host is compromised; however, the .install script performs legitimate post-install tasks like managing symlinks, AppArmor, and icons without executing remote code or exfiltrating data.

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Mikhail Velichko  <efklid@gmail.com>
    
      2
    
      3_pkgname=browser-stable
    
      4pkgname=yandex-browser
    
      5pkgver=26.6.1.1083
    
      6_pkgver=26.6.1.1083-1
    
      7pkgrel=1
    
      8#epoch=1
    
      9
    
      10pkgdesc="The web browser from Yandex.
    
      11 Yandex Browser is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier."
    
      12arch=("x86_64")
    
      13url='https://browser.yandex.com/'
    
      14license=("custom:yandex-browser")
    
      15categories=("network")
    
      16provides=(yandex-browser)
    
      17conflicts=("yandex-browser" "yandex-browser-stable" "yandex-browser-corporate")
    
      18
    
      19depends=("binutils" "ttf-liberation" "jq" "alsa-lib" "at-spi2-atk" "curl" "dbus" "expat" "libcups" "mesa" "gtk4" "nss" "squashfs-tools" "wget" "xdg-utils"
    
      20"vulkan-icd-loader" "libxcomposite")
    
      21
    
      22optdepends=(
    
      23    "speech-dispatcher" 
    
      24    "gstreamer-meta"
    
      25    "cryptopro-csp-k1"
    
      26)
    
      27
    
      28source=("${pkgname}-${_pkgver}.deb::https://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-browser/deb/pool/main/y/yandex-${_pkgname}/yandex-${_pkgname}_${_pkgver}_amd64.deb")
    
      29sha256sums=("afb7e5027a0b6a05a7f86b2f9fa9b5b29696274d8b3e77f0348abe57e45d24c5")
    
      30install=yandex-browser.install
    
      31
    
      32prepare() {
    
      33    tar -xf data.tar.xz
    
      34}
    
      35
    
      36package() {
    
      37    cp -dr --no-preserve=ownership opt usr "${pkgdir}"/
    
      38# The stable version uses the "browser" folder in /opt/yandex. ${_pkgname} cannot be used in this section for the stable branch 
    
      39#    install -D -m0644 "${pkgdir}"/opt/yandex/browser/product_logo_128.png "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname}.png
    
      40    chmod 4755 "${pkgdir}"/opt/yandex/browser/yandex_browser-sandbox
    
      41    # Fix duplicate menu entry: NoDisplay=true belongs in [Desktop Entry], not in a desktop action section
    
      42    sed -i '/^\[Desktop Entry\]/a NoDisplay=true' \
    
      43        "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/applications/ru.yandex.desktop.browser.desktop
    
      44}
    
      45

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-09-17 00:27:14	Medium	3
2026-09-16 00:03:17	Medium	3
2026-09-15 00:25:31	Medium	3
2026-09-14 00:27:57	Medium	3
2026-09-13 00:19:54	Medium	3
2026-09-12 00:25:17	Medium	3
2026-09-11 00:19:22	Medium	3
2026-09-10 00:22:44	Medium	3
2026-09-09 00:04:09	Medium	3
2026-09-08 00:18:08	Medium	3
2026-09-07 00:30:15	Medium	3
2026-09-06 00:17:06	Medium	3
2026-09-05 00:16:27	Medium	3
2026-09-04 00:03:13	Medium	3
2026-09-03 00:15:47	Medium	3
2026-09-02 00:02:31	Medium	3
2026-09-01 00:11:19	Medium	3
2026-08-31 00:19:57	Medium	3
2026-08-30 00:04:14	Medium	3
2026-08-29 00:29:17	Medium	3