CVE-2026-54328 PUBLISHED

Pi: Predictable temporary extension install paths allow local privilege escalation on shared Linux hosts

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 12.06.2026 Published: 23.06.2026 Updated: 24.06.2026

Pi is a minimal terminal coding harness. From 0.74.0 until 0.78.1, Pi versions with temporary npm or git extension package installs used predictable paths under the operating system temporary directory. On Linux-based multi-user systems, a local attacker who can write to the shared temporary directory could prepare the expected package location before another user runs pi with a temporary extension package source. Pi could then load attacker-controlled extension code in the victim user's process. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.78.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.3

Product Status

Vendor earendil-works
Product pi
Versions
  • Version >= 0.74.0, < 0.78.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-379: Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions CWE