pnpm: Path traversal in configDependencies env lockfile allows symlink creation outside node_modules/.pnpm-config

published 2026-06-27 4 mo ago modified 2026-07-08 4 mo ago also GHSA-qrv3-253h-g69c , EUVD-2026-41883

cvss: 8.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits: 0; none known

pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.4 and 11.8.0, pnpm accepts package names from the env lockfile configDependencies section and uses those names directly when creating config dependency symlinks under node_modules/.pnpm-config. A malicious repository can commit a crafted pnpm-lock.yaml whose env-lockfile document contains a traversal-shaped config dependency name. During pnpm install, pnpm installs the config dependency and creates a symlink at a path derived from that name. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.34.4 and 11.8.0.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

npm pnpm 10.34.4, 11.8.0
pnpm pnpm 10.34.4, 11.8.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-59195 updated 2026-09-02 cvss 8.2

pnpm: pnpm: Path traversal in configDependencies env lockfile allows symlink creation outside node_modules/.pnpm-config

Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 pnpm 8.10.0
not affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat Build of Keycloak pnpm 8.10.0
not affected: component not present
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 pnpm 8.10.0 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack pnpm 8.10.0
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 4 mo ago (2026-07-07)

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-qrv3-253h-g69c referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
GitHub	3.1	8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
npm	pnpm	<10.34.4 >=11.0.0, <11.8.0	10.34.4 11.8.0

Affected products

pnpm pnpm

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

github.com /pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-qrv3-253h-g69c
exploit, web, mitigation, vendor-advisory
github.com /pnpm/pnpm
package

Sources

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Summary