CVE-2026-50015
HIGHpnpm: Arbitrary File Write/Delete via Malicious Patch File (Path Traversal)
Title source: cnaDescription
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 traversal is difficult to catch in code review because patch file diff headers are opaque to most reviewers. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.34.0 and 11.4.0.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-rxhj-4m44-96r4
Scores
CVSS v3
7.3
EPSS
0.0027
EPSS Percentile
18.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (5)
npm/pnpm
0 - 10.34.0npm
npm/pnpm
11.0.0 - 11.4.0npm
pnpm/pnpm
< 10.34.0
pnpm/pnpm
< 10.33.4
pnpm/pnpm
>= 11.0.0, < 11.4.0
Published
Jun 25, 2026
Tracked Since
Jun 25, 2026