What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-69264?

CVE-2025-69264 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Which versions of Node.js are affected by CVE-2025-69264?

Organizations using pnpm face significant risk from CVE-2025-69264, a protection bypass vulnerability rated CVSS 8.8.. A patch is available.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2025-69264?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2025-69264. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 0.1%.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-69264?

Within 7 days: Identify all affected systems and apply vendor patches promptly. Vendor patch is available.

Node.js CVE-2025-69264

HIGH

Protection Mechanism Failure (CWE-693)

2026-01-07 security-advisories@github.com

GHSA-379q-355j-w6rj

Node.js RCE Pnpm Red Hat Suse

8.8

CVSS 3.1 · GitHub Advisory

Severity by source

GitHub Advisory PRIMARY

8.8 HIGH

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

SUSE

HIGH

qualitative

Red Hat

8.8 HIGH

qualitative

Primary rating from GitHub Advisory.

CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 12, 2026 - 21:54 vuln.today

PoC Detected

Jan 12, 2026 - 21:53 vuln.today

Public exploit code

Patch released

Jan 12, 2026 - 21:53 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Jan 07, 2026 - 22:15 nvd

HIGH 8.8

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

2 npm packages depend on pnpm (2 direct, 0 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 10.0.0.

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

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.

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

Classified as CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure). Affects Pnpm. 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 fix