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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-10579

Chromedriver is an NPM wrapper for selenium ChromeDriver. Chromedriver before 2.26.1 downloads binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it 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.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:46 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-10579

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Jun 2018, 18:29 UTC

Chromedriver is an NPM wrapper for selenium ChromeDriver. Chromedriver before 2.26.1 downloads binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it 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.

osv:CVE-2016-10579
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10579",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2016-10579",
    "summary": "Chromedriver is an NPM wrapper for selenium ChromeDriver. Chromedriver before 2.26.1 downloads binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it 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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-10579",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                {
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                }
              ],
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "2.25.3",
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            "2.24.0",
            "2.23.1",
            "2.23.0",
            "2.22.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:44.360429666Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/160"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2016-10579",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435858,
  "published_at": "2018-06-01T18:29:00.38+00:00"
}