GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-hg3w-7f8c-63hp pnpm: Tarball hash of GitHub git dependencies is not stored in lockfile

MEDIUM Published 2026-06-26 Modified 2026-06-26 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-48995
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
pnpm
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Weaknesses
CWE-353
Reviewed
2026-06-26

Affected packages

• npm pnpm: < 10.33.4 → fixed in 10.33.4 • npm pnpm: >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.7 → fixed in 11.0.7

Description

Summary A malicious `codeload.github.com` server can serve whatever tarball it wants and pnpm will install it regardless of the lockfile. Details The lockfile does not store the hash of the dependencies from https://codeload.github.com This means that if this server was compromised or a person's machine configuration was compromised, pnpm would download and install these dependencies. PoC ```sh > pnpm -v 10.28.2 ``` Given the following package.json: ```json { "dependencies": { "add": "git://github.com/dsherret/npm-git-dep.git#b3eeb9b" } } ``` This produces a lockfile like so: ```yaml lockfileVersion: '9.0' settings: autoInstallPeers: true excludeLinksFromLockfile: false importers: .: dependencies: add: specifier: git://github.com/dsherret/npm-git-dep.git#b3eeb9b version: https://codeload.github.com/dsherret/npm-git-dep/tar.gz/b3eeb9b packages: add@https://codeload.github.com/dsherret/npm-git-dep/tar.gz/b3eeb9b: resolution: {tarball: https://codeload.github.com/dsherret/npm-git-dep/tar.gz/b3eeb9b} version: 1.0.0 snapshots: add@https://codeload.github.com/dsherret/npm-git-dep/tar.gz/b3eeb9b: {} ``` Notice that there is no hash. The `b3eeb9b` is not sufficient because I can configure my machine to resolve a compromised tarball from that url (I tested it out and pnpm just installs it). Impact Anyone relying on github git dependencies.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-353 Missing Support for Integrity Check weakness

References