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NVD HIGH: CVE-2026-55697 — pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.2 and 11.5.3, pnpm can install configD...

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Executive Summary

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/ -<arc

Analysis

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. CVSS Score: 7.5. Published: 2026-06-25T18:16:40.707.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

CVE (1)
CVE-2026-55697
Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Jun 25, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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