BREW-PNPM-CVE-2026-59195 (GHSA-QRV3-253H-G69C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:28 – Updated: 2026-09-20 11:59 – Source websitepnpm 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.
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"upstream_fixed_in": "11.8.0"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "pnpm",
"purl": "pkg:brew/pnpm"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "11.21.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "git",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "GIT",
"key": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm",
"name": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm",
"strategy": "git",
"subject_version": "v12.5.1"
},
{
"ecosystem": "npm",
"key": "pkg:npm/pnpm@12.5.1",
"name": "pnpm",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "12.5.1"
}
]
},
"details": "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.",
"id": "BREW-pnpm-CVE-2026-59195",
"modified": "2026-09-20T11:59:11Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T17:28:25Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/59xxx/CVE-2026-59195.json"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-qrv3-253h-g69c"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59195"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "pnpm: Path traversal in configDependencies env lockfile allows symlink creation outside node_modules/.pnpm-config",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-qrv3-253h-g69c",
"CVE-2026-59195"
]
}
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