pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.2 and 11.5.3, Manifest bin object keys such as "", ".", and ".." passed pnpm's bin-name guard. When a malicious package was installed globally, later global remove, update, or add-replacement flows could re-derive those names from the installed manifest and pass path.join(globalBinDir, binName) to removeBin. For "." this targets the global bin directory; for ".." this targets its parent. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.34.2 and 11.5.3.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4 pnpm: Reserved bin name deletes PNPM_HOME during global remove
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History

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Pnpm
Pnpm pnpm
Vendors & Products Pnpm
Pnpm pnpm

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Description pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.2 and 11.5.3, Manifest bin object keys such as "", ".", and ".." passed pnpm's bin-name guard. When a malicious package was installed globally, later global remove, update, or add-replacement flows could re-derive those names from the installed manifest and pass path.join(globalBinDir, binName) to removeBin. For "." this targets the global bin directory; for ".." this targets its parent. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.34.2 and 11.5.3.
Title pnpm: reserved bin name deletes PNPM_HOME during global remove
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-73
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-25T17:54:16.980Z

Reserved: 2026-06-17T00:13:10.651Z

Link: CVE-2026-55699

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-25T17:54:06.236Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-06-25T16:44:32Z

Links: CVE-2026-55699 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-25T21:30:11Z

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