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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-10573

baryton-saxophone is a module to install and launch Selenium Server for Mac, Linux and Windows. baryton-saxophone versions below 3.0.1 download 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, 06:03 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-10573

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 May 2018, 20:29 UTC

baryton-saxophone is a module to install and launch Selenium Server for Mac, Linux and Windows. baryton-saxophone versions below 3.0.1 download 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-2016-10573
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10573",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-10573",
    "summary": "baryton-saxophone is a module to install and launch Selenium Server for Mac, Linux and Windows. baryton-saxophone versions below 3.0.1 download 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-2016-10573",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-10573",
        "GHSA-6pwf-whc8-hjf6"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "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": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "a5e943c46779e5372cdd13bfe2a69ec2530045be"
                }
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                    "range": [
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                      },
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                        "fixed": "3.0.1"
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          "versions": [
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            "v2.50.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:34.700647136Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/240"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433580,
  "published_at": "2018-05-29T20:29:01.047+00:00"
}