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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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Chaotic is not just as problematic, thankfully. They have systems in place to flag suspicious changes for human review before letting them out and it has, so far, prevented them from shipping any compromised updates.
I thankfully hadn't updated anything from the AUR for a couple of months (it doesn't happen by default when I update the rest of my system) and was unaffected, and after looking at the list of things I had from the AUR, I didn't need any of them... So I now have zero AUR packages on either of my systems.