Vitest Browser Mode - Local File Read

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 th...

CVE-2026-73653

A flaw was found in Vitest. A remote attacker, by sending specially crafted commands to the Browser Mode API, could bypass file access restrictions. This allows the attacker to read, create, overwrite, or delete arbitrary files on the system where Vitest is running, even when file write permissio...

CVE-2026-73653

Vitest (framework powered by Vite) has a vulnerability in Browser Mode provider commands prior to versions 3.2.7, 4.1.10, and 5.0.0-beta.6. The commands—upload, takeScreenshot, screenshotMatcher, stopChunkTrace, deleteTracing, and annotateTraces—accept browser-supplied file paths without enforcin...

EUVD-2026-58197

Vitest is a testing framework powered by Vite. Prior to versions 3.2.7, 4.1.10, and 5.0.0-beta.6, Browser Mode provider commands including upload, takeScreenshot, screenshotMatcher, stopChunkTrace, deleteTracing, and annotateTraces accept browser-supplied file paths without enforcing the allowWri...

CVE-2026-73653 Vitest: Browser Mode provider commands bypass the file-access permission gate

Vitest is a testing framework powered by Vite. Prior to versions 3.2.7, 4.1.10, and 5.0.0-beta.6, Browser Mode provider commands including upload, takeScreenshot, screenshotMatcher, stopChunkTrace, deleteTracing, and annotateTraces accept browser-supplied file paths without enforcing the allowWri...

CVE-2026-73653 Vitest: Browser Mode provider commands bypass the file-access permission gate

Vitest is a testing framework powered by Vite. Prior to versions 3.2.7, 4.1.10, and 5.0.0-beta.6, Browser Mode provider commands including upload, takeScreenshot, screenshotMatcher, stopChunkTrace, deleteTracing, and annotateTraces accept browser-supplied file paths without enforcing the allowWri...

PT-2026-71737

Vitest is a testing framework powered by Vite. Prior to versions 3.2.7, 4.1.10, and 5.0.0-beta.6, Browser Mode provider commands including upload, takeScreenshot, screenshotMatcher, stopChunkTrace, deleteTracing, and annotateTraces accept browser-supplied file paths without enforcing the allowWri...

@vitest/browser: Browser Mode provider commands bypass the file-access permission gate

Summary Browser Mode exposes a set of built-in "commands" that run on the Node.js side of the test runner and can touch the local filesystem taking screenshots, managing Playwright traces, uploading files for , comparing screenshots. Several of these commands accept a file path from the browser a...

GHSA-P63J-VCC4-9VMV @vitest/browser: Browser Mode provider commands bypass the file-access permission gate

Summary Browser Mode exposes a set of built-in "commands" that run on the Node.js side of the test runner and can touch the local filesystem taking screenshots, managing Playwright traces, uploading files for , comparing screenshots. Several of these commands accept a file path from the browser a...

CVE-2026-53633

A flaw was found in Vitest Browser Mode, a component of the Vitest testing framework. The cdp API exposed raw Chrome DevTools Protocol CDP methods without proper security restrictions. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker, with access to browser API metadata, to leverage CDP functions like...

CVE-2026-47428

A flaw was found in Vitest, a testing framework. In Vitest Browser Mode, a remote attacker could craft a specific browser-runner URL that, when visited, would allow the execution of arbitrary JavaScript code within the Vitest server. This vulnerability could also lead to the recovery of the...

CVE-2026-53633

Vitest is a testing framework powered by Vite. From 3.0.0 until 3.2.5, 4.1.8, and 5.0.0-beta.4, Vitest Browser Mode exposed a cdp API that forwarded raw Chrome DevTools Protocol methods without being gated by allowWrite or allowExec, allowing a remote client with exposed browser API metadata to u...

CVE-2026-53633

Vitest CVE-2026-53633 affects Vitest Browser Mode (3.0.0–3.2.5, 4.1.8, and 5.0.0-beta.4), where a cdp() API exposes raw Chrome DevTools Protocol methods without gates. A remote client with exposed browser API metadata can use CDP Page.setDownloadBehavior and Runtime.evaluate to overwrite vite.con...

CVE-2026-53633 Vitest: Exposed Browser Mode API Can Proxy CDP and Overwrite Config Files, Leading to RCE

Vitest is a testing framework powered by Vite. From 3.0.0 until 3.2.5, 4.1.8, and 5.0.0-beta.4, Vitest Browser Mode exposed a cdp API that forwarded raw Chrome DevTools Protocol methods without being gated by allowWrite or allowExec, allowing a remote client with exposed browser API metadata to u...

CVE-2026-53633 Vitest: Exposed Browser Mode API Can Proxy CDP and Overwrite Config Files, Leading to RCE

Vitest is a testing framework powered by Vite. From 3.0.0 until 3.2.5, 4.1.8, and 5.0.0-beta.4, Vitest Browser Mode exposed a cdp API that forwarded raw Chrome DevTools Protocol methods without being gated by allowWrite or allowExec, allowing a remote client with exposed browser API metadata to u...

CVE-2026-47428 Vitest browser mode serves unsanitized otelCarrier query parameter as inline script

Vitest is a testing framework powered by Vite. From 4.0.17 until 4.1.6 and 5.0.0-beta.3, Vitest Browser Mode served /vitesttest/ with the otelCarrier query parameter inserted directly into an inline module script, allowing a crafted browser-runner URL to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the Vitest...

CVE-2026-47428

Vitest is a testing framework powered by Vite. From 4.0.17 until 4.1.6 and 5.0.0-beta.3, Vitest Browser Mode served /vitesttest/ with the otelCarrier query parameter inserted directly into an inline module script, allowing a crafted browser-runner URL to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the Vitest...

CVE-2026-47428

Vitest browser mode is affected by an XSS in which the otelCarrier query parameter is inserted directly into an inline script. Affected versions are 4.0.17 through 4.1.6 and 5.0.0-beta.3; this can allow an attacker to craft a browser-runner URL to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the Vitest server...

CVE-2026-47428 Vitest browser mode serves unsanitized otelCarrier query parameter as inline script

Vitest is a testing framework powered by Vite. From 4.0.17 until 4.1.6 and 5.0.0-beta.3, Vitest Browser Mode served /vitesttest/ with the otelCarrier query parameter inserted directly into an inline module script, allowing a crafted browser-runner URL to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the Vitest...

vitest: Vitest: Arbitrary code execution via crafted browser-runner URL

A flaw was found in Vitest, a testing framework. In Vitest Browser Mode, a remote attacker could craft a specific browser-runner URL that, when visited, would allow the execution of arbitrary JavaScript code within the Vitest server. This vulnerability could also lead to the recovery of the...