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CVE-2023-37478

HIGH

7.5

Description

pnpm is a package manager. It is possible to construct a tarball that, when installed via npm or parsed by the registry is safe, but when installed via pnpm is malicious, due to how pnpm parses tar archives. This can result in a package that appears safe on the npm registry or when installed via npm being replaced with a compromised or malicious version when installed via pnpm. This issue has been patched in version(s) 7.33.4 and 8.6.8.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published8/1/2023

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

pnpm:pnpm

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284

References

https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v7.33.4(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v8.6.8(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-5r98-f33j-g8h7(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v7.33.4(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/tag/v8.6.8(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-5r98-f33j-g8h7(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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