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Downloads Resources over HTTP in selenium-standalone-painful

CVE-2016-10679GHSA-3x83-p476-vv95

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Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

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Affected packages

  • npm selenium-standalone-painful

    Affected
    >= 2.39.0-2.7.0, <= 2.39.0-2.7.0
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
not scored
EPSS
  • CVE-2016-10679: 1.99% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 80.66 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Affected versions of selenium-standalone-painful insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection. In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running selenium-standalone-painful. Recommendation No patch is currently available for this vulnerability. The best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, using a different package if available. Alternatively, the risk of exploitation can be reduced by ensuring that this package is not installed while connected to a public network. If the package is installed on a private network, the only people who can exploit this vulnerability are those who have compromised your network or those who have privileged access to your ISP, such as Nation State Actors or Rogue ISP Employees.

Dates and revisions
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  1. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-3x83-p476-vv95

  2. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-3x83-p476-vv95

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2016-10679

Advisory: Downloads Resources over HTTP in selenium-standalone-painful
IDs: CVE-2016-10679, GHSA-3x83-p476-vv95
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2016-10679 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:07 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Unrated
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm selenium-standalone-painful: affected >= 2.39.0-2.7.0, <= 2.39.0-2.7.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls selenium-standalone-painful --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on selenium-standalone-painful.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3x83-p476-vv95 (OSV record GHSA-3x83-p476-vv95 lists affected ranges: npm selenium-standalone-painful >=2.39.0-2.7.0 <=2.39.0-2.7.0)
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3x83-p476-vv95 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-3x83-p476-vv95 lists affected ranges: npm selenium-standalone-painful >=2.39.0-2.7.0 <=2.39.0-2.7.0)

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