GHSA-w87r-vg9q-crqm

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w87r-vg9q-crqm
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/11/GHSA-w87r-vg9q-crqm/GHSA-w87r-vg9q-crqm.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-w87r-vg9q-crqm
Aliases
Published
2025-11-20T18:31:01Z
Modified
2025-11-21T18:44:00Z
Severity
  • 5.6 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/E:U CVSS Calculator
Summary
zx Uses Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference
Details

When zx is invoked with --prefer-local=, the CLI creates a symlink named ./node_modules pointing to /node_modules. Due to a logic error in src/cli.ts (linkNodeModules / cleanup), the function returns the target path instead of the alias (symlink path). The later cleanup routine removes what it received, which deletes the target directory itself. Result: zx can delete an external /node_modules outside the current working directory.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-706"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2025-11-21T18:01:32Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2025-11-20T17:15:49Z",
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / zx

Package

Name
zx
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Purl
pkg:npm/zx

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.8.5

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/11/GHSA-w87r-vg9q-crqm/GHSA-w87r-vg9q-crqm.json"