CVE-2026-101044 (GCVE-0-2026-101044)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-27 17:02 – Updated: 2026-09-30 15:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
pacquet before 12.0.0-alpha.5 Path Traversal via lockfile alias
Summary
pacquet, the Rust package-manager component shipped in the pnpm npm package versions >=12.0.0-alpha.0 and <12.0.0-alpha.5, does not validate dependency alias/name paths taken from a lockfile before using them in install-time filesystem joins. When a user installs a project with an attacker-supplied lockfile using --trust-lockfile or a frozen lockfile, alias entries containing path traversal segments (for example '../../escaped-link') are used when creating dependency and package links, bin destinations, hoisted entries, and virtual-store slots, allowing symlinks and directories to be created outside the intended project and node_modules boundary. Version 12.0.0-alpha.5 validates dependency names and every virtual-store slot path with a shared safe-join containment helper before any filesystem materialization, rejecting traversal, absolute, platform-specific, and reserved names with ERR_PNPM_INVALID_DEPENDENCY_NAME.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-30 15:28 UTC
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/… | vendor-advisory |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pacquet-befo… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-08-02 00:00
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