CVE-2025-69262

pnpm vulnerable to Command Injection via environment variable substitution

Published Jan 7, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.6 High EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
pnpm 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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2phv-j68v-wwqx pnpm vulnerable to Command Injection via environment variable substitution
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pnpm:pnpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*
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Metrics ssvc

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

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First Time appeared Pnpm
Pnpm pnpm
Vendors & Products Pnpm
Pnpm pnpm
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Description pnpm 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.
Title pnpm vulnerable to Command Injection via environment variable substitution
Weaknesses CWE-78
CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Feb 26, 2026, 3:04 PM
Reserved
Dec 30, 2025, 7:12 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jan 7, 2026, 11:15 PM
Modified
Oct 14, 2026, 7:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 7, 2026, 6:51 PM