GHSA-w87r-vg9q-crqmMedium

zx Uses Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference

Published
November 20, 2025
Last Modified
November 21, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

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.

🎯 Affected products1

  • npm/zx:< 8.8.5

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