TLDR: Open package repositories without some approval and oversight system, like AUR, will have even more problems in the future due to advanced coding AI and malicious foreign hackers.
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this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2026
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The command pacman -Qm will display every package from the AUR on your system. You can then search the list of compromised packages.
Here are some scripts that can help too
https://gist.github.com/Kidev/85756c3dcad3623ca5604a8135bafd14