appium-chromedriver downloads Resources over HTTP

ALTO 8.1CVE-2016-10557 · GHSA-hc94-2wfr-4pwf · Published 31/05/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

En resumen

CVE-2016-10557 es una vulnerabilidad ALTO (CVSS 8.1) que afecta a appium-chromedriver (appium), appium-chromedriver.
Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días (EPSS): 1.1%, mayor que el 65.6% de las vulnerabilidades.
Solución: actualizar a 2.9.4 o posterior.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
appium-chromedriver appium	`< 2.9.4`	`2.9.4`
appium-chromedriver npm	`< 2.9.4`	`2.9.4`

Description

Affected versions of appium-chromedriver insecurely download resources over HTTP.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, they can modify or read items send over HTTP at will. In this case, that includes the chromedriver binary, which may result in remote code execution if overwritten with a malicious binary.

Recommendation

Update to version 2.9.4 or later.

NVD description

appium-chromedriver is a Node.js wrapper around Chromedriver. Versions below 2.9.4 download binary resources over HTTP, which leaves the module vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested binary with an attacker controlled binary if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10557 · ADVISORY
GitHub Advisory GHSA-hc94-2wfr-4pwf · ADVISORY
npmjs.com/advisories/162 · WEB
nodesecurity.io/advisories/162 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

appium-chromedriver

appium

< 2.9.4

2.9.4

appium-chromedriver

npm

< 2.9.4

2.9.4

Description

Affected versions of appium-chromedriver insecurely download resources over HTTP.

Recommendation

Update to version 2.9.4 or later.

NVD description