CVE-2026-82393
## Summary When resolving a package, pnpm uses the resolved **manifest `name`** as a raw path segment for the isolated-linker import target. A tarball dependency whose `package.json` `name` is a scoped path traversal (`@x/../../…/<abs path>`) is therefore extracted **outside `node_modules`**, to an attacker-chosen absolute path, and can **overwrite existing files** there. Attacker controls the destination, filenames, and contents → arbitrary file write → **code execution** (e.g. `~/.zshrc`, `.git/hooks/pre-commit`, another package's code). Occurs during `pnpm install` **even with `--ignore-scripts`** (no lifecycle scripts run), defeating that safety. Same class as the just-patched **GHSA-hwx4** (transitive-dependency *alias* traversal) and **GHSA-v23m** (`stage download` manifest name/version traversal), in a sink their fixes did not cover: the isolated-linker import target keyed by the resolved **name**. ## Root cause - The isolated-linker import target is built with a raw `path.join(modules, <resolved name>)` in `installing/deps-resolver/src/resolvePeers.ts:706`, `installing/deps-resolver/src/index.ts:614`, and `deps/graph-builder/src/lockfileToDepGraph.ts:233` — **without** the `safeJoinModulesDir` guard used on the symlink/hoisted/bin paths (`installing/deps-restorer/src/lockfileToHoistedDepGraph.ts:222`). The store location is `node_modules/.pnpm/<id>/node_modules/<name>`, so a traversal `<name>` escapes. - The only resolve-time name gate (`resolving/npm-resolver/src/pickPackage.ts:753`) rejects only *unscoped* names containing `/`, so a **scoped** `@x/../..` passes. ## Steps to reproduce Self-contained PoC (real `[email protected]`; loopback tarball server; escape target is a throwaway temp dir): ``` npm i [email protected] # host a tarball whose package.json name = "@x/"+"../".repeat(25)+"<abs>/OUTSIDE"; victim depends on the http URL pnpm install --ignore-scripts ``` Confirmed output (`repro/poc.mjs`, exit 0): ``` escape dir is outside the project : true new f
Properties
- ghsa_id
- GHSA-vq4v-j7r6-jq4m
- summary
- pnpm: A tarball dependency's manifest `name` escapes node_modules → arbitrary file write/overwrite on install
- severity
- high
- cvss_score
- 7.5
- cve_id
- CVE-2026-82393
- cvss_vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- is_ghsa_only
- false
- ghsa_published
- 2026-09-02T14:36:59Z
- source_url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vq4v-j7r6-jq4m
- ghsa_updated
- 2026-09-02T14:37:00Z
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