CVE-2026-50021
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CVE-2026-50021 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.1/10 on the CVSS scale. pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.0 and 11.4.0, pnpm's tarball extraction worker skips integrity verification when the integrity field is absent from the lockfile resolution. EPSS estimates a 0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.0 and 11.4.0, pnpm's tarball extraction worker skips integrity verification when the integrity field is absent from the lockfile resolution. If an attacker can both modify pnpm-lock.yaml to remove the integrity: field and cause the referenced registry URL to serve altered package content, pnpm install --frozen-lockfile can install the altered package without an integrity error. npm's npm ci enforces integrity by default; pnpm's behavior of silently skipping verification is a pnpm-specific fail-open gap. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.34.0 and 11.4.0.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Pnpm | Pnpm | < 10.34.0 |
| Pnpm | Pnpm | >= 11.0.0, < 11.4.0 |
References
- https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-q6j5-fjx5-2mc3Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-q6j5-fjx5-2mc3Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Analyzed
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