๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-25244

CRITICAL 9.8

WebdriverIO has Command Injection in the BrowserStack Service

CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

WebdriverIO is a test automation framework for unit, e2e and component testing using WebDriver, WebDriver BiDi and Appium. Versions below 9.24.0 contain a command injection vulnerability leading to remote code execution (RCE) in test orchestration. Git permits branch names containing shell metacharacters, and getGitMetadataForAISelection() interpolates these names directly into execSync() calls without sanitization. An attacker can exploit this by supplying a malicious repository (via testOrchestrationOptions.runSmartSelection.source, or the current directory if unset) whose branch name carries a payload, causing the shell to execute arbitrary code. This enables remote code execution on CI/CD servers and developer machines, leading to credential and secret disclosure, source code and SSH key exfiltration, system compromise, and supply chain attacks via tampered build artifacts. The issue has been fixed in version 9.24.0.

CWE CWE-78
Vendor webdriverio
Product webdriverio
Published May 18, 2026
Last Updated May 19, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

webdriverio / webdriverio
< 9.24.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/security/advisories/GHSA-5c46-x3qw-q7j7 github.com: https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/blob/ea0e3e00288abced4c739ff9e46c46977b7cdbd2/packages/wdio-browserstack-service/src/testorchestration/helpers.ts#L204 github.com: https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/releases/tag/v9.24.0