CVE-2026-55699 pnpm: reserved bin name deletes PNPM_HOME during global remove
A malicious package can trigger path traversal during global removal, deleting the PNPM_HOME directory and causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-55699?
CVE-2026-55699 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in pnpm, published on 25 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.2 and 11.5.3, Manifest bin object keys such as "", ".", and ".." passed pnpm's bin-name guard. When a malicious package was installed globally, later global remove, update, or add-replacement flows could re-derive those names from the installed manifest and pass path.join(globalBinDir, binName) to removeBin. For "." this targets the global bin directory; for ".." this targets its parent. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.34.2 and 11.5.3.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-55699?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including pnpm. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
pnpm npm | All versions | 10.34.2 |
pnpm npm | All versions | 10.34.2 |
pnpm npm | From 11.0.0 | 11.5.3 |
pnpm npm | From 11.0.0 | 11.5.3 |
Products include Pnpm Pnpm.
How do I fix CVE-2026-55699?
Upgrade pnpm to a fixed version for your release line: 10.34.2 or 11.5.3.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2026-55699 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-55699 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-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4, MINI-rx6w-8xhf-3wf9, ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2026-55699.