pnpm is a package manager. Prior to version 10.28.1, a path traversal vulnerability in pnpm's bin linking allows malicious npm packages to create executable shims or symlinks outside of `node_modules/.bin`. Bin names starting with `@` bypass validation, and after scope normalization, path traversal sequences like `../../` remain intact. This issue affects all pnpm users who install npm packages and CI/CD pipelines using pnpm. It can lead to overwriting config files, scripts, or other sensitive files. Version 10.28.1 contains a patch.
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Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:15:00 +0000
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| Description | pnpm is a package manager. Prior to version 10.28.1, a path traversal vulnerability in pnpm's bin linking allows malicious npm packages to create executable shims or symlinks outside of `node_modules/.bin`. Bin names starting with `@` bypass validation, and after scope normalization, path traversal sequences like `../../` remain intact. This issue affects all pnpm users who install npm packages, CI/CD pipelines using pnpm, and those who can overwrite config files, scripts, or other sensitive files. Version 10.28.1 contains a patch. | pnpm is a package manager. Prior to version 10.28.1, a path traversal vulnerability in pnpm's bin linking allows malicious npm packages to create executable shims or symlinks outside of `node_modules/.bin`. Bin names starting with `@` bypass validation, and after scope normalization, path traversal sequences like `../../` remain intact. This issue affects all pnpm users who install npm packages and CI/CD pipelines using pnpm. It can lead to overwriting config files, scripts, or other sensitive files. Version 10.28.1 contains a patch. |
Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | pnpm is a package manager. Prior to version 10.28.1, a path traversal vulnerability in pnpm's bin linking allows malicious npm packages to create executable shims or symlinks outside of `node_modules/.bin`. Bin names starting with `@` bypass validation, and after scope normalization, path traversal sequences like `../../` remain intact. This issue affects all pnpm users who install npm packages, CI/CD pipelines using pnpm, and those who can overwrite config files, scripts, or other sensitive files. Version 10.28.1 contains a patch. | |
| Title | pnpm scoped bin name Path Traversal allows arbitrary file creation outside node_modules/.bin | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-23 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-01-26T22:00:34.275Z
Reserved: 2026-01-16T21:02:02.902Z
Link: CVE-2026-23890
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-01-26T22:15:56.363
Modified: 2026-01-26T22:15:56.363
Link: CVE-2026-23890
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