CVE-2026-101044

What it is

pacquet, the Rust package-manager component shipped in the pnpm npm package versions >=12.0.0-alpha.0 and <12.0.0-alpha.5, does not validate dependency alias/name paths taken from a lockfile before using them in install-time filesystem joins. When a user installs a project with an attacker-supplied lockfile using --trust-lockfile or a frozen lockfile, alias entries containing path traversal segments (for example '../../escaped-link') are used when creating dependency and package links, bin destinations, hoisted entries, and virtual-store slots, allowing symlinks and directories to be created outside the intended project and node_modules boundary. Version 12.0.0-alpha.5 validates dependency names and every virtual-store slot path with a shared safe-join containment helper before any filesystem materialization, rejecting traversal, absolute, platform-specific, and reserved names with ERR_PNPM_INVALID_DEPENDENCY_NAME.

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited over the network without logging in, but needs a user to act. High risk of data tampering.

Exploit odds

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

1. 2026-09-27 18:16 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-09-30 17:23 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Details

Published

2026-09-27 18:16 UTC

Last modified

2026-09-30 17:23 UTC

Exploit probability

0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days

Weakness

CWE-22 · Path traversal

Record status

Awaiting Analysis

Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 7.1

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Attack requirements

None

Privileges needed

None

User interaction

Passive

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

Low