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Moderate severityOSV Advisory· Published Jan 26, 2026· Updated Jan 27, 2026

pnpm: Binary ZIP extraction allows arbitrary file write via path traversal (Zip Slip)

CVE-2026-23888

Description

pnpm is a package manager. Prior to version 10.28.1, a path traversal vulnerability in pnpm's binary fetcher allows malicious packages to write files outside the intended extraction directory. The vulnerability has two attack vectors: (1) Malicious ZIP entries containing ../ or absolute paths that escape the extraction root via AdmZip's extractAllTo, and (2) The BinaryResolution.prefix field is concatenated into the extraction path without validation, allowing a crafted prefix like ../../evil to redirect extracted files outside targetDir. The issue impacts all pnpm users who install packages with binary assets, users who configure custom Node.js binary locations and CI/CD pipelines that auto-install binary dependencies. It can lead to overwriting config files, scripts, or other sensitive files leading to RCE. Version 10.28.1 contains a patch.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
pnpmnpm
< 10.28.110.28.1

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  • Range: 0.19.0, @pnpm/headless@0.6.2, @pnpm/utils@0.6.1, …
  • ghsa-coords
    Range: < 10.28.1

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