External Control of File Name or Path Affecting pnpm package, versions <10.34.4>=11.0.0 <11.7.0
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- published27 Jun 2026
- disclosed27 Jun 2026
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Introduced: 27 Jun 2026
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How to fix?
Upgrade pnpm to version 10.34.4, 11.7.0 or higher.
Overview
pnpm is a Fast, disk space efficient package manager
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to External Control of File Name or Path via the lockfile alias handling process. An attacker can overwrite files or directories outside the intended node_modules directory by crafting a malicious lockfile alias that escapes the installation root.