# CVE-2026-50016: pnpm: Transitive dependency alias path traversal allows project path override via symlink replacement

- Also known as: GHSA-HWX4-2J3J-G496
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.33.4, 11.4.0, 10.34.0
- Published: 2026-06-25 · Updated: 2026-06-26

## Affected

- pnpm: fixed in 10.33.4; from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.4.0
- pnpm (npm): fixed in 10.34.0
- pnpm (npm): from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.4.0

## Description

pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.0 and 11.4.0, pnpm allows a transitive dependency alias from registry package metadata to contain path traversal segments. During install, pnpm later uses that alias as a filesystem path when linking dependency nodes. As a result, a registry package can cause `pnpm install --ignore-scripts` to replace paths in the current project with symlinks to attacker-controlled dependency package directories. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.34.0 and 11.4.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pnpm, upgrade to a fixed version (10.33.4, 11.4.0, 10.34.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-hwx4-2j3j-g496

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