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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-23888 EUVD-2026-4655GHSA-6pfh-p556-v868

pnpm: Binary ZIP extraction allows arbitrary file write via path traversal (Zip Slip)

Published Jan 26, 2026 · Updated Jan 27, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pnpm is a package manager. Prior to version 10.28.1, a path traversal vulnerability in pnpm's binary fetcher allows malicious packages to write files outside the intended extraction directory. The vulnerability has two attack vectors: (1) Malicious ZIP entries containing `../` or absolute paths that escape the extraction root via AdmZip's `extractAllTo`, and (2) The `BinaryResolution.prefix` field is concatenated into the extraction path without validation, allowing a crafted prefix like `../../evil` to redirect extracted files outside `targetDir`. The issue impacts all pnpm users who install packages with binary assets, users who configure custom Node.js binary locations and CI/CD pipelines that auto-install binary dependencies. It can lead to overwriting config files, scripts, or other sensitive files leading to RCE. Version 10.28.1 contains a patch.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
pnpm pnpm < 10.28.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.23 pnpm 10.33.4-r0 —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling pnpm-stage0 No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm pnpm < 10.28.1 10.28.1 GHSA-6pfh-p556-v868

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