CVE-2026-50015

HIGH

pnpm: Arbitrary File Write/Delete via Malicious Patch File (Path Traversal)

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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

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