Path Traversal in browserless-chrome
This affects all versions of browserless-chrome before 1.43.0. User input flowing from the workspace endpoint gets used to create a file path filePath and this is fetched and then sent back to a user. This can be escaped to fetch arbitrary files from a server.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | browserless-chrome | < 1.43.0 | 1.43.0 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7758
- https://github.com/browserless/chrome/commit/848b87e5bea4f8473eea85261a5ff922d6ebd2b6
- https://github.com/browserless/chrome
- https://github.com/browserless/chrome/blob/master/src/routes.ts%23L175
- https://github.com/browserless/chrome/releases/tag/1.40.2-chrome-stable
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BROWSERLESSCHROME-1023657
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/browserless-chrome
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22- Platform
- npm
- Package
browserless-chrome- Disclosed
- 10.05.2021
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-8p9r-f949-699g - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: browserless-chrome
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