google/zx · Security

zx Uses Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference

GHSA ID
GHSA-w87r-vg9q-crqm
CVE ID
CVE-2025-13437
Severity
medium
Published
Updated
CVSS v4
5.6 · 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

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.

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