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

- Also known as: GHSA-M733-5W8F-5GGW
- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.28.2
- Published: 2026-01-26 · Updated: 2026-01-27

## Affected

- pnpm: fixed in 10.28.2
- pnpm (npm): fixed in 10.28.2

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pnpm, upgrade to a fixed version (10.28.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

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

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