CVE-2024-53866

The package manager pnpm prior to version 9.15.0 seems to mishandle overrides and global cache: Overrides from one workspace leak into npm metadata saved in global cache; npm metadata from global cache affects other workspaces; and installs by default don't revalidate the data (including on first lockfile generation). This can make workspace A (even running with `ignore-scripts=true`) posion global cache and execute scripts in workspace B. Users generally expect `ignore-scripts` to be sufficient to prevent immediate code execution on install (e.g. when the tree is just repacked/bundled without executing it). Here, that expectation is broken. Global state integrity is lost via operations that one would expect to be secure, enabling subsequently running arbitrary code execution on installs. Version 9.15.0 fixes the issue. As a work-around, use separate cache and store dirs in each workspace.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/11afcddea48f25ed5117a87dc1780a55222b9743
https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-vm32-9rqf-rh3r

Configurations

No configuration.

History

10 Dec 2024, 18:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-12-10 18:15

Updated : 2024-12-10 18:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-53866

Mitre link : CVE-2024-53866

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-53866

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

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