pnpm v10+ Bypass "Dependency lifecycle scripts execution disabled by default"
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 1.0%
exploitation probability
1.0%top 40% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
pnpm is a package manager. Versions 10.0.0 through 10.25 allow git-hosted dependencies to execute arbitrary code during pnpm install, circumventing the v10 security feature "Dependency lifecycle scripts execution disabled by default". While pnpm v10 blocks postinstall scripts via the onlyBuiltDependencies mechanism, git dependencies can still execute prepare, prepublish, and prepack scripts during the fetch phase, enabling remote code execution without user consent or approval. This issue is fixed in version 10.26.0.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
pnpm · pnpmReferences
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69264https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2427709https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/73cc63504d9bc360c43e4b2feb9080677f03c5b5https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-379q-355j-w6rjhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-69264.json