CVE-2026-24056

MEDIUM EPSS 37.1%
Published Jan 26, 20265mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
6.7 CVSS 4.0
Medium
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Published Jan 26, 2026 5mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

pnpm is a package manager. Prior to version 10.28.2, when pnpm installs a `file:` (directory) or `git:` dependency, it follows symlinks and reads their target contents without constraining them to the package root. A malicious package containing a symlink to an absolute path (e.g., `/etc/passwd`, `~/.ssh/id_rsa`) causes pnpm to copy that file's contents into `node_modules`, leaking local data. The vulnerability only affects `file:` and `git:` dependencies. Registry packages (npm) have symlinks stripped during publish and are NOT affected. The issue impacts developers installing local/file dependencies andCI/CD pipelines installing git dependencies. It can lead to credential theft via symlinks to `~/.aws/credentials`, `~/.npmrc`, `~/.ssh/id_rsa`. Version 10.28.2 contains a patch.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.7
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction A
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
37.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt
CWE-59

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
pnpmpnpm* <10.28.2

References 3

  • github.com https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/b277b45bc35ae77ca72d7634d144bbd58a48b70f
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v10.28.2
    Release Notes
  • github.com https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-m733-5w8f-5ggw
    ExploitVendor Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/b277b45bc35ae77ca72d7634d144bbd58a48b70f
    Patch