Arch Linux’s AUR is experiencing a malware incident involving user-contributed packages with malicious commits that attempt to download npm-based payloads during installation. (…)
Arch users should not update AUR packages without review. Examine PKGBUILD diffs, check any new .install files, and be cautious if updates introduce npm commands or dependencies unrelated to the software.
Users who recently updated affected AUR packages should review package history, examine executed suspicious install scripts, and treat any unexpected npm-based installation behavior as a possible compromise.
Maybe, just maybe, and nearly unmoderated repository where everybody can create packages, is not so secure after all? /s
And AUR is the reason I keep arch miles away from any of my systems.
You do have the choice to simply not use the AUR. Has nothing to do with using Arch or not.
And no one has ever claimed the AUR to be safe.
yeah, it’s essentially, you want software that’s no the official repo go there.
attempt to download npm-based payloads during installation
Why npm and not python? It’s installed on every arch system and wouldn’t bring unnecessary attention 🤷
this is like the 4th npm vulnerability in months, they used that because npm is shit and easy to exploit
…but Linux is more secure than Windows! /s
this affects only a fraction of arch users, and it would be impossible for it to work on nix systems for example, on top of that, this is basically npm’s fault
