Vulnerability · Published Jan 26, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-24056pnpm has symlink traversal in file:/git dependencies

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in pnpm from pnpm. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.7Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

pnpm is a package manager. Prior to version 10.28.2, when pnpm installs a `file:` (directory) or `git:` dependency, it follows symlinks and reads their target contents without constraining them to the package root. A malicious package containing a symlink to an absolute path (e.g., `/etc/passwd`, `~/.ssh/id_rsa`) causes pnpm to copy that file's contents into `node_modules`, leaking local data. The vulnerability only affects `file:` and `git:` dependencies. Registry packages (npm) have symlinks stripped during publish and are NOT affected. The issue impacts developers installing local/file dependencies andCI/CD pipelines installing git dependencies. It can lead to credential theft via symlinks to `~/.aws/credentials`, `~/.npmrc`, `~/.ssh/id_rsa`. Version 10.28.2 contains a patch.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Alpine:v3.23	pnpm	10.33.4-r0	ALPINE-CVE-2026-24056
npm	pnpm	10.28.2	GHSA-m733-5w8f-5ggw

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
pnpm	pnpm	< 10.28.2

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-59 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-m733-5w8f-5ggw x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/b277b45bc35ae77ca72d7634d144bbd58a48b70f x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v10.28.2 x_refsource_MISC