Description
Vitest is a Vite-native testing framework for JavaScript and TypeScript projects. From 4.1.11 until 4.1.12 and 5.0.3, isFileLoadingAllowed and the filesystem read interpret backslashes differently on Windows in packages/mocker/src/node/interceptorPlugin.ts. When a client can reach the Vite dev server on Windows and register a redirect mock containing backslash traversal, POSIX joining preserves a Windows backslash traversal that the later filesystem read interprets as a path separator, so the client can read a file outside server.fs.allow that the Vitest process can access. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.12 and 5.0.3.
References6
- github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/15cc006aa9f8683dc5f7e895d01…
- github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commit/b825313243dc55757e8d7c0f9e7…
- github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases/tag/v4.1.12
- github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases/tag/v5.0.3
- github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/security/advisories/GHSA-xp26-3454…
- github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/security/advisories/GHSA-xp26-3454…
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.9
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 46 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-22
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