Pass --disable-strategies compile to cargo-binstall and fallback to

cargo-install

.github/.cspell/project-dictionary.txt

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ sccache
 SHASUMS
 shortstat
 sigstore
+startswith
 syft
 tombi
 udeps

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -181,9 +181,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        fallback:
-          - none
-          - cargo-install
+        include:
+          - fallback: none
+          - fallback: cargo-install
+          - fallback: cargo-binstall
+          - fallback: cargo-binstall
+            version: 0.3
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
@@ -195,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
         id: install
         continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.fallback == 'none' }}
         with:
-          tool: parse-changelog@0.4.6
+          tool: parse-changelog@${{ matrix.version || '0.4.6' }}
           fallback: ${{ matrix.fallback }}
       - run: exit 1
         if: matrix.fallback == 'none' && steps.install.outcome != 'failure'

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Note: In this file, do not use the hard wrap in the middle of a sentence for com
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- Enhance security when cargo-binstall fallback is enabled.
+
 ## [2.75.8] - 2026-04-13
 
 - Update `vacuum@latest` to 0.25.8.

main.sh

@@ -928,11 +928,61 @@ if [[ ${#unsupported_tools[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
       # By default, cargo-binstall enforce downloads over secure transports only.
       # As a result, http will be disabled, and it will also set
       # min tls version to be 1.2
-      binstall_args=(--force --no-confirm --locked "${unsupported_tools[@]}")
+      binstall_args=(
+        --force
+        --no-confirm
+        --locked
+        # Since the build script can access the token when `cargo install` is called
+        # within `cargo-binstall`, disables building from source in cargo-binstall
+        # and fallback to `cargo install` which doesn't need the token.
+        --disable-strategies compile
+      )
+      unsupported_tools2=()
+      for tool in "${unsupported_tools[@]}"; do
         if [[ -n "${token}" ]]; then
-        cargo-binstall binstall --github-token "${token}" "${binstall_args[@]}"
+          if ! GITHUB_TOKEN="${token}" cargo-binstall binstall "${binstall_args[@]}" "${tool}"; then
+            warn "cargo-binstall fallback does not support prebuilt binaries for ${tool} on this platform (${host_arch}); use 'cargo-install' fallback instead"
+            unsupported_tools2+=("${tool}")
+          fi
         else
-        cargo-binstall binstall "${binstall_args[@]}"
+          if ! cargo-binstall binstall "${binstall_args[@]}" "${tool}"; then
+            warn "cargo-binstall fallback does not support prebuilt binaries for ${tool} on this platform (${host_arch}); use 'cargo-install' fallback instead"
+            unsupported_tools2+=("${tool}")
+          fi
+        fi
+      done
+      if [[ ${#unsupported_tools2[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+        for tool in "${unsupported_tools2[@]}"; do
+          cargo_args=(--locked)
+          if [[ "${tool}" == *"@"* ]]; then
+            version="${tool#*@}"
+            tool="${tool%@*}"
+            if [[ ! "${version}" =~ ^([1-9][0-9]*\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+|0\.[1-9][0-9]*\.[0-9]+|^0\.0\.[0-9]+)(-[0-9A-Za-z\.-]+)?(\+[0-9A-Za-z\.-]+)?$|^latest$ ]]; then
+              if [[ ! "${version}" =~ ^([1-9][0-9]*(\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)?|0\.[1-9][0-9]*(\.[0-9]+)?|^0\.0\.[0-9]+)(-[0-9A-Za-z\.-]+)?(\+[0-9A-Za-z\.-]+)?$|^latest$ ]]; then
+                bail "install-action does not support non-semver version: '${version}'"
+              fi
+              crate_info=$(retry curl --user-agent "${ACTION_USER_AGENT}" --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fsSL --retry 10 "https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/${tool}")
+              if [[ ! "${version}" =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?$ ]]; then
+                bail "install-action does not support non-semver version: '${version}'"
+              fi
+              # shellcheck disable=SC2207
+              versions=($(jq -r --arg start "${version}." '.versions[] | select(.num | startswith($start)) | select(.yanked == false) | .num' <<<"${crate_info}"))
+              full_version=''
+              for v in ${versions[@]+"${versions[@]}"}; do
+                if [[ "${v}" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\+[0-9A-Za-z\.-]+)?$ ]]; then
+                  full_version="${v}"
+                  break
+                fi
+              done
+              if [[ -z "${full_version}" ]]; then
+                bail "no stable version  found for ${tool} that match with '${version}.*'; if you want to install a pre-release version, please specify the full version"
+              fi
+              version="${full_version}"
+            fi
+            cargo_args+=(--version "${version}")
+          fi
+          cargo install "${cargo_args[@]}" "${tool}"
+        done
       fi
       if ! type -P cargo >/dev/null; then
         _bin_dir=$(canonicalize_windows_path "${home}/.cargo/bin")