Описание
Vitest: Path Traversal / Arbitrary File Read via @vitest/mocker Redirect Mock
Summary
@vitest/mocker registers a redirect mock's target path without validating it
against the dev server's file-serving allowlist. An attacker who can reach the
dev server's WebSocket can register a redirect mock pointing outside the project
root; when the mocked module is requested, the plugin's load hook returns
readFile(<attacker path>) as the module source, disclosing local files.
This is exploitable without authentication only through the public
mockerPlugin / standalone interceptorPlugin exports (used by third-party dev
servers), which register the handler on Vite's unauthenticated HMR socket.
Vitest's own browser mode registers mocks over a token-authenticated RPC and
is not remotely reachable by default (see Scope).
Affected code
packages/mocker/src/node/interceptorPlugin.ts.
The load hook is the file-read sink:
mock.redirect is derived from client input at registration time with no
boundary check:
There is no server.fs.allow / server.fs.deny check and no assertion that the
resolved path stays within the project root.
Registration paths and trust boundaries
- Public
mockerPlugin/interceptorPlugin(unauthenticated). InconfigureServer, the plugin registersserver.ws.on('vitest:interceptor:register', …)on Vite's HMR WebSocket. That socket performs no token, Origin, or same-origin check, so any client that can reach it can register a redirect mock. This is the path the "unauthenticated" impact applies to. - Vitest browser mode (authenticated). Mocks register over the browser RPC
(
registerMock), which sits behind a per-run token (isValidApiRequest, a randomapi.token). The interceptor'sconfigureServersocket is not used for registration here (in v5 it does not run at all, as the plugin is injected per environment). The same missing boundary check exists on the authenticated RPC path, but reaching it requires the token, so it is not a remote-unauthenticated read.
Path handling
new URL(redirect).pathname combined with join(root, pathname) does not
confine reads to the root:
- Special/hierarchical schemes (
file:,http:) are normalized by WHATWG URL, so..segments are collapsed and the result stays under the root. Payloads of the formfile:///../../etc/passwddo not escape. - A non-special (opaque) scheme preserves
..inpathname, sojoin(root, "../../…/etc/passwd")resolves outside the root and reads an arbitrary file.
Even without escaping the root, the missing server.fs check allows reading any
in-root file the dev server would otherwise refuse to serve (for example an
in-root .env or source that is denied by server.fs.deny).
Scope / preconditions
- This is a development-server issue. The dev server binds to
localhostby default and is not reachable from the network unless the developer exposes it (server.host/0.0.0.0, a LAN bind, or a proxy). - A raw (non-browser) client against a reachable server bypasses browser origin and CORS protections entirely and can both register the mock and read the response.
- A browser-based drive-by against a localhost server is substantially mitigated
by Vite defaults: the default CORS origin allowlist is limited to
localhostorigins, andserver.allowedHostsblocks DNS-rebinding, so a cross-origin page cannot read the file contents back.
Impact
Disclosure of local files readable by the dev-server process (source, in-root
.env/secrets, and, via the opaque-scheme payload, files outside the project
root). No integrity or availability impact.
Affected versions
Present since @vitest/mocker was introduced.
- Affected:
@vitest/mocker>= 2.1.0 (shipped invitestand@vitest/browser>= 2.1.0), through 4.1.x and the 5.0.0 pre-releases. - Fixed: Vitest 4.1.11 and 5.0.0. Older majors (2.1.x, 3.x) are not maintained and are not planned to receive the fix.
Fix
Validate the resolved redirect target against Vite's file-serving allowlist
(isFileLoadingAllowed) before registering it, at every registration site, and
stop registering the interceptor WebSocket events in Vitest's browser mode
(mocks there flow through the authenticated RPC).
Ссылки
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/security/advisories/GHSA-82fw-gwwq-j7x9
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84373
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/pull/10972
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/pull/10974
- 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/releases/tag/v4.1.11
- https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.2
Пакеты
@vitest/mocker
>= 2.1.0, < 4.1.11
4.1.11
vitest
>= 2.1.0, < 4.1.11
4.1.11
vitest
>= 5.0.0-beta.1, < 5.0.0-rc.2
5.0.0-rc.2
@vitest/mocker
>= 5.0.0-beta.1, < 5.0.0-rc.2
5.0.0-rc.2
Связанные уязвимости
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 p...
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