pnpm vulnerable to Command Injection via environment variable substitution

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-69262
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-01-07 23:15:50 UTC
Updated2026-06-22 14:39:11 UTC
Descriptionpnpm is a package manager. Versions 6.25.0 through 10.26.2 have a Command Injection vulnerability when using environment variable substitution in .npmrc configuration files with tokenHelper settings. An attacker who can control environment variables during pnpm operations could achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) in build environments. This issue is fixed in version 10.27.0.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.009490000 probability, percentile 0.566240000 (date 2026-06-24)

Problem Types: CWE-78 | CWE-94 | CWE-78 CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') | CWE-94 CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7.6HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pnpm Pnpm All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Pnpm Pnpm affected >=6.25.0, < 10.27.0 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-2phv-j68v-wwqx 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 github.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v10.27.0 [email protected] github.com Product, Release Notes
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