GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-8gvc-j273-4wm5 Vitest browser mode serves arbitrary files
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-24963
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- @vitest/browser
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2025-02-04
Affected packages
• npm @vitest/browser: >= 2.0.4, < 2.1.9 → fixed in 2.1.9
• npm @vitest/browser: >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.4 → fixed in 3.0.4
Description
Summary
`__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.
Details
This `__screenshot-error` handler on the browser mode HTTP server responds any file on the file system.
https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/blob/f17918a79969d27a415f70431e08a9445b051e45/packages/browser/src/node/plugin.ts#L88-L130
This code was added by https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/2d62051f13b4b0939b2f7e94e88006d830dc4d1f.
PoC
1. Create a directory and change the current directory to that directory
1. Run `npx vitest init browser`
1. Run `npm run test:browser`
2. Run `curl http://localhost:63315/__screenshot-error?file=/path/to/any/file`
Impact
Users explicitly exposing the browser mode server to the network by `browser.api.host: true` may get any files exposed.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-24963 Vitest is a testing framework powered by Vite. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/security/advisories/GHSA-8gvc-j273-4wm5 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24963 advisory
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/2d62051f13b4b0939b2f7e94e88006d830dc4d1f web
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/ed9aeba212df04b83ed01810780663ff2cdd0adf web
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest package
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/blob/f17918a79969d27a415f70431e08a9445b051e45/packages/browser/src/node/plugin.ts#L88-L130 web
- https://vitest.dev/guide/browser/config.html#browser-api web