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400+ Arch Linux AUR Packages Compromised in a Supply Chain Attack Deploying Infostealers
(cybersecuritynews.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2026
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Expecting user to inspect install scripts is retarded. And this is the result.
Are you aware how github works, or open source development in general ?
Some users ate developers, too.
Some people write code, others may try it out, and a few of the latter might help with developing it. And some of these efforts become popular.
That's how we have Linux or KDE.
It is all based on open sharing.
And of course you can opt to not run code that you don't know, or don't understand , or don't trust.
Sounds like something a fedora user would say.
Then dont use arch and the aur easy as that
So what would the alternative be? If the resources or desire don't exist to make a package official, how else would you install it?
You're missing the point entirely. I'm talking about inspecting the scripts not about making packages
Sorry if I was unclear. You usually don't inspect the install scripts for official packages since you put the trust in the official team. You don't trust(or at least shouldn't) AUR packages, hence you should inspect the install script for those packages. I don't really see what the alternative would be.
Well, the alternative would be for moderation team to inspect them, with clear signaling of which scripts are trusted and which aren't.
But this is exactly what the top comment of Cease talks about: There is no moderation team. You seem to think that it is the job of the maintainers of the Arch Linux distribution is to vet and review the AUR packages. But they take care for the - much more widely used - Arch distro packages and are busy with this. They have enough to do. And the AUR packages are not part of the Arch distro.
The AUR is basically a server where users can store their own packages so that others can use it. As its name says: Arch User Repository.
And that's why it's fundamentally shit idea on so many levels. Instead of having one person to inspect let's make every single user expert or not to inspect every package each individually. This is fucking retardation at its finest.
There IS one person that inspect the code for everyone, that's the package maintainer. But it's a random voluntary contribution from some random person who you should not blindly trust. That's the point of the AUR, one person makes it significantly easier to install for everyone. The point is to be better than installing directly from somewhere like GitHub. For actual good moderation there are officials repos
ahahaha such a shit take
But who would do that? Do you have security expertise and are volunteering to do that?
Exactly. Let's also not forget it isn't just a matter of inspecting it once, it would be for EVERY update of the script. It would be a major bottleneck to get updates out for any package. There are comments on the AUR site where people can flag issues, so we do have some crowd sourcing, but I'd still not trust it.
The option is to not have it