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TI-2026-36843 Aliases CVE-2026-50017GHSA-cjhr-43r9-cfmw

pnpm binds unscoped user-level npm auth credentials to a repository-selected registry

Priority LOW 37CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Active
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.0 and 11.4.0, pnpm can send user-level unscoped npm authentication credentials to a registry chosen by a repository-local .npmrc file. In the reproduced case, the user's npm config contains a default registry and an unscoped _authToken. The repository does not provide a token-bearing auth line. It only sets registry= to a different registry URL. During normal pnpm metadata/install workflows, pnpm binds the user-origin unscoped credential to the repository-selected registry and sends it as an Authorization header. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.34.0 and 11.4.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00437 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial pnpm (pnpm): 10.33.4, 11.4.0pnpm (npm): 10.34.0, 11.4.0Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
pnpmpnpmbefore 10.33.4; 11.0.0 to before 11.4.010.33.4, 11.4.0Patch availableCNA
—pnpm (npm)before 10.34.010.34.0Patch availableGHSA-cjhr-43r9-cfmw
—pnpm (npm)11.0.0 to before 11.4.011.4.0Patch availableGHSA-cjhr-43r9-cfmw
  • pnpm Vendorpnpm Affected before 10.33.4; 11.0.0 to before 11.4.0 Fixed in 10.33.4, 11.4.0 Patch available CNA
  • pnpm (npm) Vendor— Affected before 10.34.0 Fixed in 10.34.0 Patch available GHSA-cjhr-43r9-cfmw
  • pnpm (npm) Vendor— Affected 11.0.0 to before 11.4.0 Fixed in 11.4.0 Patch available GHSA-cjhr-43r9-cfmw

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:pnpm:pnpm:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*before 10.34.0; 11.0.0 to before 11.4.0Vulnerablepnpm
  • cpe:2.3:a:pnpm:pnpm:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 10.34.0; 11.0.0 to before 11.4.0 Vulnerable ·pnpm

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA pnpm (pnpm) Fixed in 10.33.4, 11.4.0
  • Fix · GHSA-cjhr-43r9-cfmw pnpm (npm) Fixed in 10.34.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-cjhr-43r9-cfmw pnpm (npm) Fixed in 11.4.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat AMQ Broker 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Build of KeycloakAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion PackAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-50017
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cjhr-43r9-cfmw

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2025-42715 pnpm v10+ Bypass "Dependency lifecycle scripts execution disabled by default" CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-19086 pnpm incorrectly parses tar archives relative to specification CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-40212 pnpm: Project env lockfile can short-circuit package-manager resolution and execute lockfile-selected pnpm bytes CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-40211 pnpm: Repository-controlled configDependencies can select a pacquet native install engine CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-40042 pnpm: manifest identity spoof satisfies allowBuilds and runs attacker lifecycle CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-36842 pnpm: Transitive dependency alias path traversal allows project path override via symlink replacement CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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