CVE-2023-37478 HIGH

CVE-2023-37478: pnpm incorrectly parses tar archives relative to specification

Vendor Pnpm
Product pnpm
Weakness CWE-284
Published August 1, 2023
Last update October 10, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 1, 2023 CVE published
October 10, 2024 Record updated