pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.2 and 11.5.3, pnpm can install configDependencies declared in pnpm-workspace.yaml before command dispatch. Before the patch, a repository could declare pacquet or @pnpm/pacquet as a config dependency and pnpm treated that repository-controlled dependency as an install-engine opt-in. During install, pnpm resolved a platform-specific @pacquet/-/pacquet binary from node_modules/.pnpm-config/ and spawned it as the developer or CI user. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.34.2 and 11.5.3.
CVE-2026-55697
This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 97% 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).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 2.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 25, 2026
Last Modified
June 30, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Jun 25, 2026CAND-PNPM-097: Repository-controlled configDependencies can select a pacquet native install engine · Advisory · pnpm/pnpm · GitHub
https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-gj8w-mvpf-x27xVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-55697(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)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| pnpm | — | 11.5.3 | — |
Weakness Classification(3)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 43× 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.
- 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-30 22:06 UTCEG score recompute▲ 1.30
- 2026-06-30 20:33 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.8
- 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-25 19:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-25 19:49 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked
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