ynab4

maintainer Eeems · 13 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

MEDIUM

Why flagged The package downloads a prebuilt Windows executable (Setup.exe) from web.archive.org rather than the original upstream host (classic.youneedabudget.com). While the Wayback Machine URL does encode the original URL and a specific timestamp, web.archive.org is not the canonical distribution channel for this binary. The archived copy could differ from the original, and the integrity check is only MD5 (weak, collision-prone). The binary is installed into /usr/share/ynab4 and executed via a wrapper script through Wine, meaning it runs as user code. This is a genuine supply-chain concern: a prebuilt proprietary Windows installer from a non-canonical mirror with only MD5 verification. However, there is no evidence of active malice — the original upstream URL is embedded in the archive URL, the software is a known commercial product (YNAB 4), and the pattern of archiving a discontinued installer is common for legacy software. The medium rating is appropriate: executed binary from a non-official host with weak integrity verification.

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:22 source=(ynab4 "Setup.exe::https://web.archive.org/web/20190112221247/https://classic.youneedabudget.com/CDNOrigin/download/${pkgname}/liveCaptive/Win/YNAB%204_${pkgver}_Setup.exe")

MEDIUM AI review llm_review

An AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 72%): The package downloads a prebuilt Windows executable (Setup.exe) from web.archive.org rather than the original upstream host (classic.youneedabudget.com). While the Wayback Machine URL does encode the original URL and a specific timestamp, web.archive.org is not the canonical distribution channel for this binary. The archived copy could differ from the original, and the integrity check is only MD5 (weak, collision-prone). The binary is installed into /usr/share/ynab4 and executed via a wrapper script through Wine, meaning it runs as user code. This is a genuine supply-chain concern: a prebuilt proprietary Windows installer from a non-canonical mirror with only MD5 verification. However, there is no evidence of active malice — the original upstream URL is embedded in the archive URL, the software is a known commercial product (YNAB 4), and the pattern of archiving a discontinued installer is common for legacy software. The medium rating is appropriate: executed binary from a non-official host with weak integrity verification.

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Jan Bader <c.arch@jan.javil.eu>
    
      2pkgname="ynab4"
    
      3pkgver="4.3.857"
    
      4pkgrel=3
    
      5epoch=
    
      6pkgdesc="You Need A Budget, installs with wine"
    
      7arch=("x86_64")
    
      8url="http://youneedabudget.com/"
    
      9license=('unknown')
    
      10groups=()
    
      11depends=('wine' 'lib32-mpg123' 'lib32-libpulse')
    
      12makedepends=()
    
      13checkdepends=()
    
      14optdepends=("dropbox: Needed for YNAB's Cloud-Sync")
    
      15provides=()
    
      16conflicts=()
    
      17replaces=()
    
      18backup=()
    
      19options=()
    
      20install=
    
      21changelog=
    
      22source=(ynab4 "Setup.exe::https://web.archive.org/web/20190112221247/https://classic.youneedabudget.com/CDNOrigin/download/${pkgname}/liveCaptive/Win/YNAB%204_${pkgver}_Setup.exe")
    
      23noextract=("Setup.exe")
    
      24md5sums=('75854469a4abb1132b93a80c2336d7c6'
    
      25         'a25c0a73350a99559f1e30c2f86ad0b9')
    
      26
    
      27package() {
    
      28	install -d -m755 "$pkgdir"/usr/share/ynab4
    
      29	cp -raL "$srcdir"/Setup.exe "$pkgdir"/usr/share/ynab4
    
      30	
    
      31	install -d -m755 "$pkgdir"/usr/bin
    
      32	install -m755 ynab4 "$pkgdir"/usr/bin
    
      33}
    
      34

Scan history

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2026-08-03 00:08:14	MEDIUM	2
2026-08-02 00:16:08	MEDIUM	2
2026-08-01 00:11:18	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-31 00:14:10	MEDIUM	2
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2026-07-24 00:02:28	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-23 00:14:47	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-22 00:29:32	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-21 00:24:15	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-20 00:19:49	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-19 00:17:08	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-18 00:14:48	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-17 00:06:16	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-16 00:05:41	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-15 00:09:25	MEDIUM	2