More than 1500 user contributed packages in the Arch Linux User Repository were infected with malware.
The incident affected 1579 packages according to reports.
Arch Linux developers deleted all malicious commits they are aware of.
The security issue was first noted in discussions on Phoronix.
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Arch Linux has disabled new account registrations for the Arch User Repository following multiple waves of malicious package updates. The move comes after more than 1,500 packages were compromised last week.
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The popular AUR helper yay released version 13 on June 18 with new tools to help users detect risky packages. The update follows multiple waves of malware that compromised over 1,500 packages in the Arch User Repository.
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