CVE-2025-24963
Especially if the server is exposed on the network by `browser.api.host: true`, an attacker can send a request to that handler from remote to get the content of arbitrary files.This `__screenshot-error` handler on the browser mode HTTP server responds…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Vitest is a testing framework powered by Vite. The `__screenshot-error` handler on the browser mode HTTP server that responds any file on the file system. Especially if the server is exposed on the network by `browser.api.host: true`, an attacker can send a request to that handler from remote to get the content of arbitrary files.This `__screenshot-error` handler on the browser mode HTTP server responds any file on the file system. This code was added by commit `2d62051`. Users explicitly exposing the browser mode server to the network by `browser.api.host: true` may get any files exposed. This issue has been addressed in versions 2.1.9 and 3.0.4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.40% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- vitest.dev/vitest
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/blob/f17918a79969d27a415f70431e08a9445b051e45/packages/browser/src/node/plugin.ts#L88-L130Product
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/2d62051f13b4b0939b2f7e94e88006d830dc4d1fPatch
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/security/advisories/GHSA-8gvc-j273-4wm5Vendor Advisory
- https://vitest.dev/guide/browser/config.html#browser-apiProduct
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.