CVE-2026-55697

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

Description

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/<platform>-<arch>/pacquet binary from node_modules/.pnpm-config/<packageName> and spawned it as the developer or CI user. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.34.2 and 11.5.3.

CWE-78OS Command Injection CWE-494 CWE-829

How to fix

Remediation Available

pnpmWindows application

Affected:10.34.2Fixed in:10.34.2pnpm

Affected:11.0.0 11.5.3Fixed in:11.5.3pnpm

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days

9thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 9% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-55697?

Upgrade pnpm to 10.34.2 or later.

Is CVE-2026-55697 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-55697 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.19% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 9% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-55697?

CVE-2026-55697 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-55697 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for pnpm (Windows application). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-06-30.