{"items":[{"id":"NVI-00015136","kind":"vulnerability","title":"java-client Allows Network Pivot via Unvalidated directConnect Redirect in AppiumCommandExecutor","revision":1,"unknowns":["Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected."],"lifecycle":"active","identifiers":["GHSA-28f5-38xr-jh2w","CVE-2026-43910"],"plain_summary":"GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for io.appium:java-client. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.","review_status":"source_listed","control_topics":[],"public_actions":[{"summary":"Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.","source_ids":["sr-2aa2f566539cf7c3ffe164779728896f"],"action_type":"investigate","limitations":"Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system.","current_supported_target":null}],"schema_version":"1.1.0","source_metrics":[{"kind":"CVSS","as_of":"2026-07-28T14:26:53.000Z","value":"8.2 high","meaning":"GitHub source severity; exploitability and local consequence require separate evidence.","source_id":"sr-2aa2f566539cf7c3ffe164779728896f"}],"why_it_matters":"Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.","related_sources":[{"id":"sr-2aa2f566539cf7c3ffe164779728896f","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-28f5-38xr-jh2w","basis":"vendor_advisory","notes":"GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.","title":"GHSA-28f5-38xr-jh2w","publisher":"GitHub Advisory Database","observed_at":"2026-11-03T09:59:04.660Z"}],"affected_context":[{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-2aa2f566539cf7c3ffe164779728896f"],"technology":"io.appium:java-client","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Summary\n\nWhen `directConnect(true)` is enabled, appium/java-client unconditionally\naccepts `directConnectHost`, `directConnectPort`, and `directConnectPath`\nfrom the server's NEW_SESSION response and silently redirects all subsequent\nsession traffic to the attacker-specified endpoint — with no allowlist,\nno host validation, and no user notification.\n\n## Affected Code\n\n- `AppiumCommandExecutor.java` (line 196–219): `setDirectConnect()` builds\n  a new URL from server-supplied fields and calls `overrideServerUrl(newUrl)`\n  without validating host/IP.\n- `DirectConnect.java`: `getUrl()` constructs `protocol://host:port/path`\n  with no allowlist.\n\n## Root Cause\n\nOnly the protocol is validated (must equal \"https\"). The destination host\nand port are never checked against any allowlist or denylist.\n\n## PoC (confirmed)\n\nA rogue server injecting `directConnectHost=127.0.0.1:4443` causes the\nclient to silently redirect all post-session commands:\n\n[bootstrap]       POST /wd/hub/session\n[bootstrap]       Injecting directConnect -> https://127.0.0.1:4443/wd/hub\n[redirect-target] HIT #1: GET /wd/hub/session/poc-session-001/source\n[redirect-target] HIT #2: DELETE /wd/hub/session/poc-session-001\n","public_affected_ranges":[">= 8.2.1, <= 10.1.0"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-11-03T10:03:26.553Z","source_updated_at":"2026-07-28T14:26:53.000Z","source_disclosed_at":"2026-07-28T14:26:53.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-11-03T09:59:04.660Z"}],"next_cursor":null,"snapshot_revision":"42594"}