Linux Malware found in Linux builds of Cemu (Wii U emulator)

Ice Tea · 13 May 2026

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/cemu-linux-malware

If you’ve downloaded the Cemu Wii U emulator for Linux from the project’s official GitHub in the past few weeks, bad news: it added malware to your system when you ran it.

An announcement made by the team developing the open-source app say they recently discovered the Linux AppImage and ZIP of the Cemu 2.6 release available from their Github had been “compromised” with malware between 6 May and 12 May, 2026.

The Cemu Flatpak, as well as installers for other operating systems, were not affected.
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