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CVE-2026-101044GHSA-2rx9-3g3h-c2jv

pnpm: pacquet before 12.0.0-alpha.5 Path Traversal via lockfile alias

pnpm pnpmnpmLibraries & packages
CVSS
7.1High
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.26%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in12.0.0-alpha.5Fixed versionCVE List
Published27 Sep 2026Updated 30 Sep 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 12.0.0-alpha.5pnpmCVE List
  • 12.0.0-alpha.5pnpm, npmOSVnpm install pnpm@12.0.0-alpha.5

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Description

pacquet, the Rust package-manager component shipped in the pnpm npm package versions >=12.0.0-alpha.0 and <12.0.0-alpha.5, does not validate dependency alias/name paths taken from a lockfile before using them in install-time filesystem joins. When a user installs a project with an attacker-supplied lockfile using --trust-lockfile or a frozen lockfile, alias entries containing path traversal segments (for example '../../escaped-link') are used when creating dependency and package links, bin destinations, hoisted entries, and virtual-store slots, allowing symlinks and directories to be created outside the intended project and node_modules boundary. Version 12.0.0-alpha.5 validates dependency names and every virtual-store slot path with a shared safe-join containment helper before any filesystem materialization, rejecting traversal, absolute, platform-specific, and reserved names with ERR_PNPM_INVALID_DEPENDENCY_NAME.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 3

  • pnpmaffected: 12.0.0-alpha.0 before 12.0.0-alpha.5CVE List
  • pnpmunaffected: 12.0.0-alpha.5CVE List
  • pnpm, npmfrom 12.0.0-alpha.0, fixed in 12.0.0-alpha.5OSV

References 2