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CVE-2026-50015
pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.0 and 11.4.0, pnpm's patch application pipeline (@pnpm/patch-package) performs no path validation on file paths extracted from .patch files. An attacker who contributes a malicious patch file via a pull request can write attacker-controlled content to or delete arbitrary files on the filesystem during pnpm install, as the user running the install. The diff --git header paths containing ../../ sequences traverse out of the package directory, and the trave
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"pnpm","vendor":"pnpm","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 10.33.4"},{"status":"affected","version":">= 11.0.0, < 11.4.0"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.3,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:814e94d917e06f81fd5ddc677918b097c61b8a1080288f65b5c497db6938d986 · sha256:812af53d22085ac6… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:814e94d917e06f81fd5ddc677918b097c61b8a1080288f65b5c497db6938d986 · sha256:812af53d22085ac6… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-rxhj-4m44-96r4"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:814e94d917e06f81fd5ddc677918b097c61b8a1080288f65b5c497db6938d986 · sha256:812af53d22085ac6… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"name":"https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-rxhj-4m44-96r4","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-rxhj-4m44-96r4"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:814e94d917e06f81fd5ddc677918b097c61b8a1080288f65b5c497db6938d986 · sha256:812af53d22085ac6… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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