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CVE-2026-82392: pnpm: Virtual store linker path traversal via unvalidated depPath name in lockfileToDepGraph

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-31 · updated 2026-09-09
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.5 and from 11.0.0 until 11.11.0, pnpm parses the package name from attacker-controlled pnpm-lock.yaml packages keys with dp.parse(depPath).name and uses it without validation in deps/graph-builder/src/lockfileToDepGraph.ts and pnpm11/deps/graph-builder/src/lockfileToDepGraph.ts. The name reaches path.join(modules, pkgName), storeController.importPackage, and pnpm11/lockfile/to-pnp/src/index.ts, allowing package contents to be written outside node_modules when a user runs pnpm install. When dangerouslyAllowAllBuilds or a matching allowBuilds entry permits lifecycle scripts, the escaped package can execute code with the user's privileges. This issue is fixed in versions 10.34.5 and 11.11.0.

Affected products

• pnpm: before 10.34.5; from 11.0.0, < 11.11.0

References

• https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/51300fd41c5e4c8f47635108e373cc3d1f324fa7
• https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/78e29fe5583a1e5d69ea05e414eff310f78d5ed9
• https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/12872
• https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/12890
• https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v10.34.5
• https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v11.11.0
• https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-c59q-g84q-2gj5

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