CVE-2026-84373
Vitest is a testing framework powered by Vite. From 2.1.0 until 4.1.11 and 5.0.0-rc.2, the public mockerPlugin and standalone interceptorPlugin exports in packages/mocker/src/node/interceptorPlugin.ts register the vitest:interceptor:register handler on Vite's unauthenticated HMR WebSocket without validating redirect targets against the file-serving allowlist. The implementation processes event.redirect without enforcing server.fs.allow and server.fs.deny through isFileLoadingAllowed. A remote client that can reach an exposed development server can submit an opaque URL scheme preserving .. segments, causing join(server.config.root, redirectUrl.pathname) to resolve outside the project root. The plugin's load hook then returns readFile(mock.redirect, 'utf-8') as module source, disclosing local files readable by the dev-server process. Vitest browser mode uses a token-authenticated RPC and is not remotely unauthenticated by default, although the same boundary check was missing on that path. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.11 and 5.0.0-rc.2.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.4% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 31% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 5.9 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Assigned by
- security-advisories@github.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-01
- Last modified
- 2026-09-09
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/51edf2b072902aec6d30c90ebaafd8f121c6f9d8
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/8ff9b9a9efca7c6cfd5243569440de8d7a33aec4
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/fe5a11d3ceac5ec10d6d7d21a46d4caca132c48f
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/pull/10972
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/pull/10974
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases/tag/v4.1.11
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.2
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/security/advisories/GHSA-82fw-gwwq-j7x9