What is CVE-2026-59196?

CVE-2026-59196 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pnpm, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-07-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-59196?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Pnpm

CVE-2026-59196

pnpm is a package manager. Prior to 10.34.4 and 11.7.0, a crafted lockfile alias could be joined directly under a hoisted node_modules directory. Traversal aliases could escape that directory, while reserved aliases such as .bin or .pnpm c…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Pnpm — versions < 10.34.4, >= 11.0.0, < 11.7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal
CWE-73 — External Control of File Name or Path

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-59196?: CVE-2026-59196 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pnpm, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-07-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-59196?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.