• Hundreds of AUR packages compromised

    From LWN.net@618:250/24 to All on Sat Jun 13 07:32:32 2026

    Hundreds of orphaned packages hosted by the Arch User Repository (AUR) have been compromised by an attacker who has added a malicious npm
    package (atomic-lockfile) that can exfiltrate sensitive
    data. The project is currently working
    on cleaning up the mess. There is a list of affected packages
    and post (possibly NSFW domain) by
    "sodiboo" with additional information. Arch Linux users (or users of
    Arch-based distributions) that use AUR packages may wish to see if they
    have installed any of the compromised updates.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1077718/
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