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CRITICAL

CVE-2026-73653

CVSS v3

9.4

CRITICAL

EPSS Score

0.8 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

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SSVC status

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Affected and fixed versions

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

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Packages

  • @vitest/browsernpmfrom 5.0.0-beta.1 · fixed in 5.0.0-beta.6

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2026-73653 Red Hat Product Security1 known affected

    vitest: Vitest: Browser Mode provider commands bypass the file-access permission gate

    rh-podman-desktop.git as a component of Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop

Full record on NVD

Description

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 allowWrite permission gate or confining paths to the project root. A client that can reach the Browser Mode API can read arbitrary local files, create or overwrite image and trace files, or delete files accessible to the Vitest process even when allowWrite is false. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.7, 4.1.10, and 5.0.0-beta.6.

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Published
2026-08-13
Last Modified
2026-08-13

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-73653?

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 allowWrite permission gate or confining paths to the project root. A client that can reach the Browser Mode API can read arbitrary local files, create or overwrite image and trace files, or delete files accessible to the Vitest process even when allowWrite is false. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.7, 4.1.10, and 5.0.0-beta.6.

Is CVE-2026-73653 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-73653 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.8% on 2026-10-19, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-73653?

CVE-2026-73653 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.4 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

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