HomeCVE Intelligence › CVE-2026-42089
CVSS 8.6 HIGH Vulnerability

CVE-2026-42089: yeoman-environment Vulnerable to Arbitrary Package Installation without User Confirmation

Impact yeoman-environment versions >= 2.9.0 and < 6.0.1 install missing local generator packages from caller-supplied package names without user confirmation. In downstream consumers that pass attacker-controlled projec…

8.6CVSS Score
HIGHSeverity
NOCISA KEV
VulnerabilityImpact Type

📋 Vulnerability Details

CVE IDCVE-2026-42089
Vendornpm
Affected Productyeoman-environment
Vulnerability TypeVulnerability
CVSS Score8.6 (HIGH)
Actively Exploited❌ No known exploitation
Patch StatusSee Vendor Advisory →
Reported ByCYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX Intelligence (via github_advisories)

🔬 Technical Analysis

#

Impact yeoman-environment versions >= 2.9.0 and < 6.0.1 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.

Patches Upgrade to yeoman-environment 6.0.1, which adds an interactive confirmation prompt before installation ([PR #753](https://github.com/yeoman/environment/pull/753)).

Workarounds None.

Resources - [Fix commit 78d2af7](https://github.com/yeoman/environment/commit/78d2af7e60294784b8a8b3b3b5099c6874b6a1f

🎯 Known Indicators of Compromise

{"type":"url","value":"https://github.com/yeoman/environment/pull/753)).","confidence_score":0.82,"first_seen":"2026-05-26","source_count":1} {"type":"url","value":"https://github.com/yeoman/environment/commit/78d2af7e60294784b8a8b3b3b5099c6874b6a1f","confidence_score":0.82,"first_seen":"2026-05-26","source_count":1}

📚 Advisory References

⚡ DETECTION RULES AVAILABLE

Get CVE-2026-42089 Detection Pack

Sigma rules, YARA signatures, IOC table, and SIEM queries for Splunk, Elastic, Sentinel, and Chronicle — deployable in 5 minutes.

✓ Sigma Rules ✓ YARA Pack ✓ IOC Table ✓ SIEM Queries
🛡️ Get Detection Pack → 🔌 Access via API →

🔗 Related Intelligence