CVE-2026-55699: pnpm: Reserved bin name deletes PNPM_HOME during global remove

June 26, 2026

Manifest bin object keys such as "", ".", and ".." passed pnpm’s bin-name guard. When a malicious package was installed globally, later global remove, update, or add-replacement flows could re-derive those names from the installed manifest and pass path.join(globalBinDir, binName) to removeBin. For "." this targets the global bin directory; for ".." this targets its parent.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4
github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55699

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