CVE-2026-50016

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 75% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.0 and 11.4.0, pnpm allows a transitive dependency alias from registry package metadata to contain path traversal segments. During install, pnpm later uses that alias as a filesystem path when linking dependency nodes. As a result, a registry package can cause pnpm install --ignore-scripts to replace paths in the current project with symlinks to attacker-controlled dependency package directories. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.34.0 and 11.4.0.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EG Risk
—
EPSS
25.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 25, 2026

Last Modified

June 29, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 25, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Transitive dependency alias path traversal allows project path override via symlink replacement · Advisory · pnpm/pnpm · GitHub

https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-hwx4-2j3j-g496

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-50016(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
pnpm—10.34.0—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 36× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-06-25 19:50 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-06-25 19:49 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-50016?
CVE-2026-50016 is a high vulnerability published on June 25, 2026. pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.0 and 11.4.0, pnpm allows a transitive dependency alias from registry package metadata to contain path traversal segments. During install, pnpm later uses that alias as a filesystem path when linking dependency nodes. As a result, a registry package can…
When was CVE-2026-50016 disclosed?
CVE-2026-50016 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 25, 2026, with the most recent update on June 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-50016 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-50016 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 25.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-50016?
CVE-2026-50016 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-50016?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-50016, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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