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CVE-2023-26156

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-11-09
  • Fixed in119.0.1
  • WeaknessCWE-78

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Description

Versions of the package chromedriver before 119.0.1 are vulnerable to Command Injection when setting the chromedriver.path to an arbitrary system binary. This could lead to unauthorized access and potentially malicious actions on the host system. **Note:** An attacker must have access to the system running the vulnerable chromedriver library to exploit it. The success of exploitation also depends on the permissions and privileges of the process running chromedriver.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-11-0905:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD · CISA-ADP · OSV
Chromedriver project chromedriver
BranchAffectedFixed in
119.0< 119.0.1119.0.1

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As snyk, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • chromedriver
    Affected
    • < 119.0.1fixed in 119.0.1semver

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-11-09

Fix

  1. Update Chromedriver project chromedriver to 119.0.1

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2024-09-04
  • CNACVSS 3.15.6known since 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-782024-09-04
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-78known since 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-78read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.2 %2026-11-08
  • OSVaffected packages—
  • GitHub AdvisoriesadvisoryMODERATE2023-11-09

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-11-09
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-hm92-vgmw-qfmx

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-26156?

Versions of the package chromedriver before 119.0.1 are vulnerable to Command Injection when setting the chromedriver.path to an arbitrary system binary. This could lead to unauthorized access and potentially malicious actions on the host system. **Note:** An attacker must have access to the system running the vulnerable chromedriver library to exploit it. The success of exploitation also depends on the permissions and privileges of the process running chromedriver.

Is CVE-2023-26156 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-26156, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-26156?

CVE-2023-26156 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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