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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-50016 EUVD-2026-39494GHSA-hwx4-2j3j-g496

pnpm: Transitive dependency alias path traversal allows project path override via symlink replacement

Published Jun 25, 2026 · Updated Jun 26, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.0 and 11.4.0, pnpm allows a transitive dependency alias from registry package metadata to contain path traversal segments. During install, pnpm later uses that alias as a filesystem path when linking dependency nodes. As a result, a registry package can cause `pnpm install --ignore-scripts` to replace paths in the current project with symlinks to attacker-controlled dependency package directories. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.34.0 and 11.4.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
pnpm pnpm < 10.33.4, >= 11.0.0, < 11.4.0 —

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.

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling pnpm-stage0 No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm pnpm < 10.34.0 10.34.0 GHSA-hwx4-2j3j-g496
npm pnpm >= 11.0.0, < 11.4.0 11.4.0 GHSA-hwx4-2j3j-g496

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