pnpm is a package manager. Prior to version 10.28.1, a path traversal vulnerability in pnpm's tarball extraction allows malicious packages to write files outside the package directory on Windows. The path normalization only checks for `./` but not `.\`. On Windows, backslashes are directory separators, enabling path traversal. This vulnerability is Windows-only. This issue impacts Windows pnpm users and Windows CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions Windows runners, Azure DevOps). It can lead to overwriting `.npmrc`, build configs, or other files. Version 10.28.1 contains a patch.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6x96-7vc8-cm3p pnpm has Windows-specific tarball Path Traversal
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History

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:15:00 +0000

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Pnpm pnpm
Vendors & Products Pnpm
Pnpm pnpm

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Description pnpm is a package manager. Prior to version 10.28.1, a path traversal vulnerability in pnpm's tarball extraction allows malicious packages to write files outside the package directory on Windows. The path normalization only checks for `./` but not `.\`. On Windows, backslashes are directory separators, enabling path traversal. This vulnerability is Windows-only. This issue impacts Windows pnpm users, Windows CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions Windows runners, Azure DevOps), and those who can overwrite `.npmrc`, build configs, or other files. Version 10.28.1 contains a patch. pnpm is a package manager. Prior to version 10.28.1, a path traversal vulnerability in pnpm's tarball extraction allows malicious packages to write files outside the package directory on Windows. The path normalization only checks for `./` but not `.\`. On Windows, backslashes are directory separators, enabling path traversal. This vulnerability is Windows-only. This issue impacts Windows pnpm users and Windows CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions Windows runners, Azure DevOps). It can lead to overwriting `.npmrc`, build configs, or other files. Version 10.28.1 contains a patch.

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description pnpm is a package manager. Prior to version 10.28.1, a path traversal vulnerability in pnpm's tarball extraction allows malicious packages to write files outside the package directory on Windows. The path normalization only checks for `./` but not `.\`. On Windows, backslashes are directory separators, enabling path traversal. This vulnerability is Windows-only. This issue impacts Windows pnpm users, Windows CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions Windows runners, Azure DevOps), and those who can overwrite `.npmrc`, build configs, or other files. Version 10.28.1 contains a patch.
Title pnpm has Windows-specific tarball Path Traversal
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-27T21:40:36.271Z

Reserved: 2026-01-16T21:02:02.902Z

Link: CVE-2026-23889

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-27T21:40:31.773Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-26T22:15:56.213

Modified: 2026-01-27T14:59:34.073

Link: CVE-2026-23889

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-01-26T21:50:55Z

Links: CVE-2026-23889 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-27T09:03:16Z

Weaknesses