zen-browser-twilight-bin

maintainer logan_reed · 2 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The package installs SUID binaries from the official GitHub release, which is a normal requirement for browser sandboxing, and does not perform any privileged operations outside of standard packaging.

Triggered rules

LOW AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The package installs SUID binaries from the official GitHub release, which is a normal requirement for browser sandboxing, and does not perform any privileged operations outside of standard packaging.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

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.

PKGBUILD:58 [[ -f "${pkgdir}${_installdir}/${_bin}" ]] && chmod 4755 "${pkgdir}${_installdir}/${_bin}"

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: logan_reed <liulingzhang.work@icloud.com>
    
      2# Contributor: Filip Papaj <denuvo at tuta dot io>
    
      3
    
      4_pkgname=zen-browser-twilight
    
      5pkgname=${_pkgname}-bin
    
      6pkgver=1.22t
    
      7pkgrel=25
    
      8pkgdesc='Zen Browser (Twilight Build) - Performance oriented Firefox-based web browser'
    
      9arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')
    
      10url='https://zen-browser.app/'
    
      11license=('MPL-2.0')
    
      12depends=(
    
      13    'dbus-glib'
    
      14    'gtk3'
    
      15    'libxt'
    
      16    'mime-types'
    
      17    'nss'
    
      18    'ttf-font'
    
      19)
    
      20optdepends=(
    
      21    'alsa-lib: ALSA audio backend'
    
      22    'ffmpeg: H264/AAC/MP3 decoding'
    
      23    'pulse-native-provider: PulseAudio/PipeWire audio backend'
    
      24    'libnotify: Desktop notification support'
    
      25    'networkmanager: Location detection via WiFi networks'
    
      26    'speech-dispatcher: Text-to-Speech'
    
      27    'hunspell-en_US: Spell checking, American English'
    
      28    'xdg-desktop-portal: Screen sharing under Wayland'
    
      29)
    
      30provides=("zen-browser=$pkgver")
    
      31conflicts=('zen-browser' 'zen-browser-bin' 'zen-browser-git')
    
      32options=('!strip' '!debug')
    
      33install=${pkgname}.install
    
      34
    
      35_gh='https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/releases/download/twilight-1'
    
      36_installdir="/opt/${pkgname}"
    
      37
    
      38source=("${_pkgname}.sh"
    
      39        "${_pkgname}.desktop"
    
      40        'policies.json')
    
      41source_x86_64=("zen.linux-x86_64-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.tar.xz::https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/releases/download/twilight-1/zen.linux-x86_64.tar.xz")
    
      42source_aarch64=("zen.linux-aarch64-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}.tar.xz::https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/releases/download/twilight-1/zen.linux-aarch64.tar.xz")
    
      43
    
      44b2sums=('bc733dba0aad89145425cf6e82a22379c1115b736f0938203e80d7e78f3e0f4c6a4c6abab0ceb36d5eecb009163b77d0b8f2145ffcf6b985a8f142f6fabaec6d'
    
      45        'f75e803fa9da53ab9c263cc357f388de87137393fac90e86dfb528029de1434d887c2c25050ea167fbe9959d2eec11f81c85f28010126bd0c46884b59bb6ae41'
    
      46        'f83302f32649f214d97f2cadf41d353d7d76fc3b50b6dabc6e25256dc52b7a98aed024a14a88966d0a4f18ee5546ad8f45b4de626aa6ed38c9f8e7a99ef151c3')
    
      47b2sums_x86_64=('c89efd01dad303a48f239b9072074cfd47ec6ba1f36833d8486016977b55fb4108155da7f9ebb2229fc4c332f2a1d0554354d49bcead8daca236ca41d69deeb1')
    
      48b2sums_aarch64=('4d1bcd5a752e4a3c6709cf64be223218b4b1e3eeffacae62be9613fc1c9dd15b96c1a112f40cc187796d71050c37170192e5c40ad91e1e5d0da54a7b0f733466')
    
      49
    
      50package() {
    
      51    # Browser files
    
      52    install -d "${pkgdir}${_installdir}"
    
      53    cp -a "${srcdir}/zen/." "${pkgdir}${_installdir}/"
    
      54
    
      55    # SUID sandbox helpers
    
      56    local _suid_bins=(glxtest vaapitest)
    
      57    for _bin in "${_suid_bins[@]}"; do
    
      58        [[ -f "${pkgdir}${_installdir}/${_bin}" ]] && chmod 4755 "${pkgdir}${_installdir}/${_bin}"
    
      59    done
    
      60
    
      61    # Launcher
    
      62    install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${_pkgname}"
    
      63
    
      64    # Desktop entry
    
      65    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${_pkgname}.desktop" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/${_pkgname}.desktop"
    
      66
    
      67    # Icons — symlink to bundled icons
    
      68    local _i
    
      69    for _i in 16 32 48 64 128; do
    
      70        install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${_i}x${_i}/apps"
    
      71        ln -s "${_installdir}/browser/chrome/icons/default/default${_i}.png" \
    
      72            "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${_i}x${_i}/apps/${_pkgname}.png"
    
      73    done
    
      74
    
      75    # System dictionaries & hyphenation
    
      76    ln -Ts /usr/share/hunspell "${pkgdir}${_installdir}/dictionaries"
    
      77    ln -Ts /usr/share/hyphen "${pkgdir}${_installdir}/hyphenation"
    
      78
    
      79    # System certificates (use system NSS CKBI instead of bundled)
    
      80    ln -sf /usr/lib/libnssckbi.so "${pkgdir}${_installdir}/libnssckbi.so"
    
      81
    
      82    # Policies — disable auto-update (managed via AUR)
    
      83    install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/policies.json" "${pkgdir}${_installdir}/distribution/policies.json"
    
      84}
    
      85

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-08-01 00:11
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-08-03 00:08
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 _pkgname=zen-browser-twilight
 pkgname=${_pkgname}-bin
 pkgver=1.22t
-pkgrel=24
+pkgrel=25
 pkgdesc='Zen Browser (Twilight Build) - Performance oriented Firefox-based web browser'
 arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')
 url='https://zen-browser.app/'
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
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         'f75e803fa9da53ab9c263cc357f388de87137393fac90e86dfb528029de1434d887c2c25050ea167fbe9959d2eec11f81c85f28010126bd0c46884b59bb6ae41'
         'f83302f32649f214d97f2cadf41d353d7d76fc3b50b6dabc6e25256dc52b7a98aed024a14a88966d0a4f18ee5546ad8f45b4de626aa6ed38c9f8e7a99ef151c3')
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-b2sums_aarch64=('fc7edf7c4a428d592725a8b20b901e8e3342cf9353a08e5155683ee94782b1a4726ed42c2f98b82b835797b06bdb8a4a9f7eaea3c9378000094c9cc78cf63d7b')
+b2sums_x86_64=('c89efd01dad303a48f239b9072074cfd47ec6ba1f36833d8486016977b55fb4108155da7f9ebb2229fc4c332f2a1d0554354d49bcead8daca236ca41d69deeb1')
+b2sums_aarch64=('4d1bcd5a752e4a3c6709cf64be223218b4b1e3eeffacae62be9613fc1c9dd15b96c1a112f40cc187796d71050c37170192e5c40ad91e1e5d0da54a7b0f733466')
 
 package() {
     # Browser files

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-08-03 00:08:14	LOW	2
2026-08-02 00:16:08	LOW	2
2026-08-01 09:20:18	MEDIUM	1
2026-08-01 00:11:18	LOW	2
2026-07-31 00:14:10	LOW	2
2026-07-30 21:16:48	MEDIUM	1
2026-07-30 00:17:23	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-29 00:25:53	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-28 09:37:42	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-28 00:07:28	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-27 00:24:32	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-26 09:32:02	MEDIUM	2
2026-07-26 00:07:32	LOW	2
2026-07-25 00:13:44	LOW	2
2026-07-24 00:02:28	LOW	2
2026-07-23 21:26:05	MEDIUM	1
2026-07-23 00:14:47	LOW	2
2026-07-22 00:29:32	LOW	2
2026-07-21 00:24:15	LOW	2
2026-07-20 00:19:49	LOW	2