Yeoman Environment provides an API to discover, create, and run generators, and to configure where and how a generator is resolved. Versions 2.9.0 through 6.0.0 install missing local generator packages from caller-supplied package names without user confirmation. In downstream consumers that pass attacker-controlled project configuration into this path, this can result in arbitrary package installation and code execution during CLI bootstrap. The vulnerable method is installLocalGenerators(), which calls repository.install() directly without prompting the user. This issue has been fixed in version 6.0.0.
CVE-2026-42089
This high-severity CVE scores 8.6 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 96% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.6
- EG Score
- 8.6(medium)
- EPSS
- 3.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 26, 2026
Last Modified
June 16, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jun 16, 2026yeoman-environment vulnerable to Arbitrary Package Installation without User Confirmation · Advisory · yeoman/environment · GitHub
https://github.com/yeoman/environment/security/advisories/GHSA-vv9j-gjw2-j8wpfix: ask before installing local packages
Patch available: yeoman/environment v6.0.1 (PR #753 merged 2026-04-09)
https://github.com/yeoman/environment/pull/753commit 78d2af7e6029 (yeoman/environment)
Patch available: yeoman/environment v6.0.1 (contains commit 78d2af7e6029)
https://github.com/yeoman/environment/commit/78d2af7e60294784b8a8b3b3b5099c6874b6a1faVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-42089(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| yeoman-environment | — | 6.0.1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
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