# CVE-2026-50017: pnpm binds unscoped user-level npm auth credentials to a repository-selected registry

- Also known as: GHSA-CJHR-43R9-CFMW
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- 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 can send user-level unscoped npm authentication credentials to a registry chosen by a repository-local .npmrc file. In the reproduced case, the user's npm config contains a default registry and an unscoped _authToken. The repository does not provide a token-bearing auth line. It only sets registry= to a different registry URL. During normal pnpm metadata/install workflows, pnpm binds the user-origin unscoped credential to the repository-selected registry and sends it as an Authorization header. 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-cjhr-43r9-cfmw

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