CVE-2025-69262 pnpm vulnerable to Command Injection via environment variable substitution
Attackers controlling environment variables can achieve remote code execution in build environments using pnpm with tokenHelper settings.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-69262?
CVE-2025-69262 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in pnpm, published on 7 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
pnpm is a package manager. Versions 6.25.0 through 10.26.2 have a Command Injection vulnerability when using environment variable substitution in .npmrc configuration files with tokenHelper settings. An attacker who can control environment variables during pnpm operations could achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) in build environments. This issue is fixed in version 10.27.0.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-69262?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including pnpm. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
pnpm npm | From 6.25.0 | 10.27.0 |
pnpm npm | From 6.25.0 | 10.27.0 |
Products include Pnpm Pnpm.
How do I fix CVE-2025-69262?
Upgrade pnpm to 10.27.0 or later.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-69262 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-69262 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in pnpm
- CVE-2026-50016 pnpm: Transitive dependency alias path traversal allows project path override via symlink replacement
- CVE-2026-55698 pnpm: Project env lockfile can short-circuit package-manager resolution and execute lockfile-selected pnpm bytes
- CVE-2025-69264 pnpm v10+ Bypass "Dependency lifecycle scripts execution disabled by default"
- CVE-2022-26183 Untrusted Search Path in PNPM
- CVE-2026-59195 pnpm: Path traversal in configDependencies env lockfile allows symlink creation outside node_modules/.pnpm-config
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2phv-j68v-wwqx, MINI-4vx7-x8h2-h48v.