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GHSA-w87r-vg9q-crqm

zx Uses Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference

Quick fix

GHSA-w87r-vg9q-crqm — zx: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install zx@8.8.5

Details

When zx is invoked with --prefer-local=<path>, the CLI creates a symlink named ./node_modules pointing to <path>/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 <path>/node_modules outside the current working directory.

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Affected packages

npm/zx
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 8.8.5
Fixnpm install zx@8.8.5

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