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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2026-50016

pnpm: Transitive dependency alias path traversal allows project path override via symlink replacement

Description

pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.0 and 11.4.0, pnpm allows a transitive dependency alias from registry package metadata to contain path traversal segments. During install, pnpm later uses that alias as a filesystem path when linking dependency nodes. As a result, a registry package can cause `pnpm install --ignore-scripts` to replace paths in the current project with symlinks to attacker-controlled dependency package directories. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.34.0 and 11.4.0.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

pnpm pnpm

  • < 10.33.4affected
  • >= 11.0.0, < 11.4.0affected

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