CVE-2016-10579
HIGH8.1EPSS 0.77%chromedriver Downloads Resources over HTTP
Published: 2/18/2019Modified: 7/11/2025
Also known as:GHSA-jh5w-6964-x5cf
Description
Affected versions of `chromedriver` insecurely download resources over HTTP. In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, they can modify or read such resources at will. This may result in arbitrary code execution if an attacker intercepts and modifies the downloaded binary file, replacing it with a malicious one. ## Recommendation Update to version 2.26.1 or later.
Affected packages (1)
- npm/chromedriverfrom 0, < 2.25.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |