Description
pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.5 and from 11.0.0 until 11.11.0, pnpm parses the package name from attacker-controlled pnpm-lock.yaml packages keys with dp.parse(depPath).name and uses it without validation in deps/graph-builder/src/lockfileToDepGraph.ts and pnpm11/deps/graph-builder/src/lockfileToDepGraph.ts. The name reaches path.join(modules, pkgName), storeController.importPackage, and pnpm11/lockfile/to-pnp/src/index.ts, allowing package contents to be written outside node_modules when a user runs pnpm install. When dangerouslyAllowAllBuilds or a matching allowBuilds entry permits lifecycle scripts, the escaped package can execute code with the user's privileges. This issue is fixed in versions 10.34.5 and 11.11.0.
References7
- github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/51300fd41c5e4c8f47635108e373cc3d1f3…
- github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/78e29fe5583a1e5d69ea05e414eff310f78…
- github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/12872
- github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/12890
- github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v10.34.5
- github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v11.11.0
- github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-c59q-g84q-2gj5
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.1
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 50 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-22
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