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CVE-2025-24963: Browser mode serves arbitrary files in vitest

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-02-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• vitest-dev vitest: before 2.1.9; from 3.0.0 before 3.0.4 — fixed in 2.1.9, 3.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: vitest-dev vitest 2.1.9, 3.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/blob/f17918a79969d27a415f70431e08a9445b051e45/packages/browser/src/node/plugin.ts#L88-L130
• https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/2d62051f13b4b0939b2f7e94e88006d830dc4d1f
• https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/security/advisories/GHSA-8gvc-j273-4wm5
• https://vitest.dev/guide/browser/config.html#browser-api

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