Arch Linux Malware Incident (~ 1,500 Packages)

An ongoing security incident in the Arch User Repository (AUR), where a contributor identifies and provides a massive list of ~ 1500 compromised packages targeting the malicious js-digest npm package. :eyes:

Also see: Arch Linux AUR affected-package list after malicious commits were deleted

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does anyone got affected from those 1,500 packages listed ?


Only two packages I use from the aur :

  • nvidia-390xx-dkms
  • nnn-nerd

I’ve always considered this to happens & it happened before
also one extra tip for newbies never use aur helper such yay & trust user repository blindly it’s not build with CI, instead do these safe steps :

  1. Use git
  2. Read PKGBUILD
  3. Verify source / checksums
  4. Run makepkg safely