59
[Tool] Privacy-focused AUR Malware Audit Tool (Atomic Arch Incident)
(the.unknown-universe.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2026
59 points (98.4% liked)
Linux
65789 readers
714 users here now
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
Rules
- Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
- No misinformation
- No NSFW content
- No hate speech, bigotry, etc
Related Communities
Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0
founded 7 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
This dipshit (me) hasn't reinstalled their OS since 2014. Not Arch btw.
But if my OS was affected by a supply attack like this, I wouldn't trust the analysis on which packages were affected and which weren't so I'd likely nuke and pave as all my and my family data is here.
I wouldn't trust the analysis either; luckily most PKGBUILD scripts are quite short and simple. It would take significantly less effort to hand-audit every single file I've gotten from the AUR than it would to reinstall Arch.
As long as you're using a slower release cycle, ie something like Debian, then you shouldn't need to be concerned.
I think anyone riding the crest of the wave with Arch (& esp. the AUR) would likely be aware that things break, so, supply chain attacks are likely to be seen here quicker.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if PPAs had similar issues, but might take longer to be noticed.
Personally, I have a lot of Ansible building my stuff, so actually rebuilding things wouldn't be an issue, but, would I then be installing everything with all the current latest malware...?
If your current system were affected by a supply attack, then you would reinstall your system too. I use Arch^[1]^, BTW and did not reinstall the system.
1: Arch=EndeavourOS