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GHSA-QJ85-GV7W-FQMR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-27 18:30 – Updated: 2026-09-27 18:30

Details

pacquet, the Rust package-manager component shipped in the pnpm npm package versions >=12.0.0-alpha.0 and <12.0.0-alpha.5, does not validate dependency alias/name paths taken from a lockfile before using them in install-time filesystem joins. When a user installs a project with an attacker-supplied lockfile using --trust-lockfile or a frozen lockfile, alias entries containing path traversal segments (for example '../../escaped-link') are used when creating dependency and package links, bin destinations, hoisted entries, and virtual-store slots, allowing symlinks and directories to be created outside the intended project and node_modules boundary. Version 12.0.0-alpha.5 validates dependency names and every virtual-store slot path with a shared safe-join containment helper before any filesystem materialization, rejecting traversal, absolute, platform-specific, and reserved names with ERR_PNPM_INVALID_DEPENDENCY_NAME.

Severity

7.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

7.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "id": "GHSA-qj85-gv7w-fqmr",
  "modified": "2026-09-27T18:30:22Z",
  "published": "2026-09-27T18:30:22Z",
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CVE-2026-101044 (GCVE-0-2026-101044)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-27 17:02 – Updated: 2026-09-30 15:29

Title

pacquet before 12.0.0-alpha.5 Path Traversal via lockfile alias

Summary

Severity

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-30 15:28 UTC

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root Scorecard

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/…	vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pacquet-befo…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
pnpm	pnpm	Affected: 12.0.0-alpha.0 , < 12.0.0-alpha.5 (semver) Unaffected: 12.0.0-alpha.5 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:pnpm:pnpm::::::::

Date Public

2026-08-02 00:00

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