Arch Linux Disables AUR Package Adoptions After Surge in Malicious Commits
Sat Aug 01 2026
Open Source
Vulnerability
cyberpress.org
Arch Linux has temporarily disabled package adoption functionality on the Arch User Repository (AUR) following a spike in malicious takeovers and follow-up commits targeting orphaned or abandoned packages. The announcement came from Robin Candau, known in the community as “Antiz,” posting on behalf of the Arch Linux DevOps team via the official mailing list on […]
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