---
id: CVE-2025-69264
title: pnpm is a package manager
summary: >-
  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". Wh…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-693
vendor: pnpm
product: pnpm
affected:
  - 'pnpm >= 10.0.0, < 10.26.0'
patched:
  - pnpm 10.26.0
published: '2026-01-07'
updated: '2026-06-30'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69264'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/commit/73cc63504d9bc360c43e4b2feb9080677f03c5b5
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-379q-355j-w6rj'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69264'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2427709'
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-69264.json
    label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69264'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69264'
tags:
  - nvd
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.01028
epssPercentile: 0.62183
ingestedAt: '2026-06-30T13:26:50.201Z'
exploitAvailable: true
ssvc:
  exploitation: poc
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-01-09T04:55:29.582483Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `pnpm >= 10.0.0, < 10.26.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `pnpm 10.26.0`

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Important · updated 2026-09-12 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-69264.json)