CVE-2022-26183
PNPM v6.15.1 and below was discovered to contain an untrusted search path which causes the application to behave in unexpected ways when users execute PNPM commands in a directory containing malicious content.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
PNPM v6.15.1 and below was discovered to contain an untrusted search path which causes the application to behave in unexpected ways when users execute PNPM commands in a directory containing malicious content. This vulnerability occurs when the application is ran on Windows OS.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.59% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Affected
- pnpm/pnpm
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/04b7f60861ddee8331e50d70e193d1e701abeefbPatch
- https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v6.15.1Release Notes
- https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/securing-developer-tools-package-managers/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/04b7f60861ddee8331e50d70e193d1e701abeefbPatch
- https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v6.15.1Release Notes
- https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/securing-developer-tools-package-managers/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.