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pnpm: Path traversal in configDependencies env lockfile allows symlink creation outside node_modules/.pnpm-config

## Summary `pnpm` accepts package names from the env lockfile `configDependencies` section and uses those names directly when creating config dependency symlinks under `node_modules/.pnpm-config`. A malicious repository can commit a crafted `pnpm-lock.yaml` whose env-lockfile document contains a traversal-shaped config dependency name such as `../../PWNED_CFGDEP`. During `pnpm install`, pnpm installs the config dependency and creates a symlink at a path derived from that name. In local testin

pnpm: `patch-remove` could delete project-selected files outside the patches directory

## Summary The `patch-remove` deletion-scope issue tracked as GHSA-72r4-9c5j-mj57 / CAND-PNPM-030 has been addressed in pnpm. A crafted patch entry could resolve outside the configured patches directory and cause `pnpm patch-remove` to delete an arbitrary reachable file. This patch validates the configured directory and every resolved target before unlinking anything, then deletes the final directory entry without following it. ## Security boundary - Traversal and absolute paths that resolve

pnpm: Hoisted install imports lockfile alias outside node_modules

## Summary The hoisted dependency alias issue tracked as GHSA-fr4h-3cph-29xv / CAND-PNPM-059 has been addressed in both pnpm and pacquet. A crafted lockfile alias could be joined directly under a hoisted `node_modules` directory. Traversal aliases could escape that directory, while reserved aliases such as `.bin` or `.pnpm` could overwrite pnpm-owned layout. This patch validates package-name semantics and path containment before graph insertion or filesystem work. ## Security boundary - The

pnpm: `stage download` writes outside its destination directory via manifest name/version traversal

## Summary The staged-tarball filename traversal reported as GHSA-v23m-ccfg-pq9h / CAND-PNPM-038 is fixed on `main` by [pnpm/pnpm#12303](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/12303), merged as `65443f4bdf1f0db9c8c7dc58fee25252607e9234`. Before the fix, `pnpm stage download` derived a local filename from registry-controlled package name and version fields. A crafted manifest could escape the selected download directory and overwrite another reachable file. The merged fix validates both fields, deri

pnpm: Reserved bin name deletes PNPM_HOME during global remove

<details> <summary>Maintainer Action Plan</summary> ## Maintainer Action Plan This report is ready to review with the shared patch branch. Start with the PR and the expected fixed behavior, then use the detailed exploit narrative below only if you want to replay the original path. - Advisory: `CAND-PNPM-085` / `GHSA-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4` - Advisory URL: https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-4gxm-v5v7-fqc4 - Shared patch PR: https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm-ghsa-j2hc-m6cf-6jm8/pull/1 - S