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Permalink CVE-2026-23890

6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
User Interaction (UI): Required (R)
Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
Confidentiality (C): None (N)
Integrity (I): High (H)
Availability (A): None (N)
Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
Modified User Interaction (MUI): Required (R)
Modified Confidentiality (MC): None (N)
Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
Modified Integrity (MI): High (H)
Modified Availability (MA): None (N)

created 3 months, 4 weeks ago Activity log

Created suggestion 3 months, 4 weeks ago

pnpm scoped bin name Path Traversal allows arbitrary file creation outside node_modules/.bin

pnpm is a package manager. Prior to version 10.28.1, a path traversal vulnerability in pnpm's bin linking allows malicious npm packages to create executable shims or symlinks outside of `node_modules/.bin`. Bin names starting with `@` bypass validation, and after scope normalization, path traversal sequences like `../../` remain intact. This issue affects all pnpm users who install npm packages and CI/CD pipelines using pnpm. It can lead to overwriting config files, scripts, or other sensitive files. Version 10.28.1 contains a patch.