Medium
cypress-image-snapshot vulnerable to insecure snapshot file names
Type: advisorySources: OSV
cypress-image-snapshot shows visual regressions in Cypress with jest-image-snapshot. Prior to version 8.0.2, it's possible for a user to pass a relative file path for the snapshot name and reach outside of the project directory into the machine running the test. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-38695
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 18:01 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
cypress-image-snapshot vulnerable to insecure snapshot file names
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 4 Aug 2023, 17:25 UTC
cypress-image-snapshot shows visual regressions in Cypress with jest-image-snapshot. Prior to version 8.0.2, it's possible for a user to pass a relative file path for the snapshot name and reach outside of the project directory into the machine running the test. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2.
osv:CVE-2023-38695
Complete source record
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"summary": "cypress-image-snapshot shows visual regressions in Cypress with jest-image-snapshot. Prior to version 8.0.2, it's possible for a user to pass a relative file path for the snapshot name and reach outside of the project directory into the machine running the test. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2.",
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