pnpm versions 11.0.0 before 11.11.0 and 10.7.0 before 10.34.5 expand ${VAR} environment-variable…

Why it is Yellow

• CVSS 7.4 high
• Remotely exploitable without logging in

References

• https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-vx52-2968-3vc6
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pnpm-11.0.0-before-11.11.0-environment-variable-exfiltration-via-proxy-settings
• https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/security/advisories/GHSA-vx52-2968-3vc6

Original description

pnpm versions 11.0.0 before 11.11.0 and 10.7.0 before 10.34.5 expand ${VAR} environment-variable placeholders in the httpProxy, httpsProxy, and noProxy settings read from a project's pnpm-workspace.yaml. Because the manifest is repository-controlled and the proxy keys were omitted from the request-destination key set that otherwise suppresses placeholder expansion for untrusted manifests (as already done for registry, pnprServer, registries and namedRegistries), an attacker who controls a repository's pnpm-workspace.yaml can cause a victim who clones the repository and runs a pnpm command (e.g. pnpm install) to expand environment secrets such as NPM_TOKEN or GITHUB_TOKEN into a proxy hostname or userinfo and route install traffic — and the corresponding DNS lookups — through an attacker-controlled host. The exfiltration occurs during configuration loading, before any lifecycle script executes. Fixed in pnpm 11.11.0 and 10.34.5.