Lynis is not updating about lynis HOT 7 CLOSED

That version is indeed old. It looks like your apt/yum/dnf configuration is not up-to-date. But troubleshooting will be impossible without the details (the OS, the related file of your repo, the output of relevant package manager commands).

Can you provide a bit more details?

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The OS is Parrot OS, debian-based.

sudo apt install lynis, output:
"Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
lynis is already the newest version (3.0.2-1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded."

Can you be a bit more specific with the details you need? I'm quite a rookie ..

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Show us what you have configured (as you stated your configured the software repository). You should have a list/repo file that contains the details as listed at the software repository.

The output of apt policy lynis is also useful.

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sudo grep -rhE ^deb /etc/apt/sources.list*, output:
"deb https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot lts main contrib non-free
deb-src https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot lts main contrib non-free
deb https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot parrot main contrib non-free
deb https://deb.parrot.sh/direct/parrot parrot-security main contrib non-free
deb https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot parrot-backports main contrib non-free
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
deb https://packages.cisofy.com/community/lynis/deb/ stable main"

sudo apt policy lynis, output:
"lynis:
Installed: 3.0.2-1
Candidate: 3.0.2-1
Version table:
3.0.9-100 500
500 https://packages.cisofy.com/community/lynis/deb stable/main amd64 Packages
*** 3.0.2-1 600
600 https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot lts/main amd64 Packages
600 https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot parrot/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status".

from lynis.

The one from Parrot "wins" due to the higher priority within the apt configuration (600 > 500). The solution is to set a higher priority for the Lynis package from our repository. The configuration to do that is also listed on our repository (bottom).

With this solution, I will close the issue (no changes to Lynis).

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Thanks a lot for your help, man!

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You are welcome. Happy hardening!

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