--- title: "Arch Linux locks down AUR signups amid wave of malicious commits" url: https://daily.dev/posts/arch-linux-locks-down-aur-signups-amid-wave-of-malicious-commits-yjjashgm1 source_url: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/06/15/arch-linux-locks-down-aur-signups-amid-wave-of-malicious-commits/5255511 type: article source: "The Register" published: 2026-06-15T13:30:58.175Z updated: 2026-06-15T13:31:26.915Z tags: ["cyber", "linux"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Arch Linux locks down AUR signups amid wave of malicious commits **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Arch Linux has temporarily locked down new account registrations on the Arch User Repository (AUR) following a wave of malicious commits. Attackers flooded the community repository with poisoned package updates, prompting maintainers to freeze signups to contain the supply chain threat. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Arch Linux Pulls the Plug on New AUR Registrations After Malware Flood](https://daily.dev/posts/arch-linux-pulls-the-plug-on-new-aur-registrations-after-malware-flood-sl3o5qvr9) · It's Foss · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [News: Active AUR malicious packages incident](https://daily.dev/posts/news-active-aur-malicious-packages-incident-0vefqnwsb) · Arch Linux · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [lists.archlinux.org](https://daily.dev/posts/lists-archlinux-org-vtya7bvfc) · Lobsters · 12 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/arch-linux-locks-down-aur-signups-amid-wave-of-malicious-commits-yjjashgm1)