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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2016-10573 json

Downloads Resources over HTTP in baryton-saxophone

published 2018-05-29 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-6pwf-whc8-hjf6 , EUVD-2019-0244

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

baryton-saxophone is a module to install and launch Selenium Server for Mac, Linux and Windows. baryton-saxophone versions below 3.0.1 download binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested binary with an attacker controlled binary if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

Patch / fix

  • npm baryton-saxophone 3.0.1
  • baryton-saxophone_project baryton-saxophone 3.0.1

Exploit prediction

2.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm baryton-saxophone
<3.0.1
3.0.1

Affected products

  • HackerOne baryton-saxophone node module

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
  • CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.