CVE-2025-69264 is a critical vulnerability affecting pnpm versions 10.0.0 through 10.25, allowing arbitrary code execution during pnpm install via malicious git-hosted dependencies. This bypasses pnpm v10's security feature designed to disable dependency lifecycle scripts. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 13 mentions and two media articles, indicating a high level of awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.0.0, < 10.26.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pnpm:pnpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.