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GHSA-7p6h-3fmw-539q

GitHub Security Advisory

selenium-chromedriver Downloads Resources over HTTP

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

Affected versions of `selenium-chromedriver` insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running `selenium-chromedriver`.

## Recommendation

No patch is currently available for this vulnerability, and the author has marked the package as deprecated.

The best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, using a different package if available.

Alternatively, the risk of exploitation can be reduced by ensuring that this package is not installed while connected to a public network. If the package is installed on a private network, the only people who can exploit this vulnerability are those who have compromised yo

Affected Packages

npm selenium-chromedriver
Affected versions: 0 (last affected: 0.0.2)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-7p6h-3fmw-539q
Published
February 18, 2019 11:47 PM
Last Modified
September 11, 2023 6:11 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
npm
Primary Package
selenium-chromedriver
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 4, 2025 6:27 AM

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