node-browser downloads Resources over HTTP

Description

Affected versions of node-browser insecurely downloads resources over HTTP.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, they can modify or read such resources at will.

Recommendation

No fix is available yet. Followings are affected versions:

• <= 0.0.3

References

• GHSA-8r98-rqg5-4vm3
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2016-10618
• CWE-311
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A4
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• static-server Path Traversal vulnerability - CVE-2023-26152
• chromedriver Downloads Resources over HTTP - CVE-2016-10579
• Denial of service in http-proxy-middleware - CVE-2024-21536
• parse is vulnerable to prototype pollution - CVE-2025-57324

Tags:

npm

node-browser