vulnerability / NVI-00010737 / Revision 3
Vitest: Servers misapply `server.fs.deny`, serving `.env`, private keys, `.git`, and the API token file
GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for @vitest/ui, @vitest/browser, vite-plus. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.
This report has not inspected your inventory, configuration, deployed build, reachability or evidence. A catalog listing and a severity score do not establish exposure or compromise.
01 / Meaning
Why it matters
Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.
6.5 medium
GitHub source severity; exploitability and local consequence require separate evidence.
As of · GitHub Advisory Database
0.400%
FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.34308. Missing scores are unknown.
As of · FIRST EPSS
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
@vitest/ui
source listed>= 5.0.0-beta.6, < 5.0.5
### Summary In Vitest 5, Vite's `server.fs.deny` is not applied as intended on Vitest's dev servers. Depending on the server, files that Vite refuses to serve by default (such as `.env`, private keys and certificates, `.npmrc`, and `.git`) or Vitest's own API token file (`.vitest-secret-token`) can be read over plain HTTP by a client that can reach the server. In Browser Mode with `test.projects`, a malicious website can also read `.env` values through the developer's browser. This only applies when Vitest runs an HTTP server, which happens with the UI (`--ui`), Browser Mode, or `api` enabled. Plain `vitest` and `vitest run` don't listen on any port and are not affected. The fix ships in `vitest`, and `@vitest/ui` and `@vitest/browser` are listed because they are what enables the affected setups. Both pin `vitest` to the same version as a peer dependency, so upgrading either one also requires the patched `vitest`. Users who enable `api` without `@vitest/ui` or `@vitest/browser` are also affected and should upgrade `vitest`. ### Details Vitest 5 adds its API token file to `server.fs.deny`, but neither server ended up with the intended list. That's because of two Vite behaviors.
@vitest/browser
source listed>= 5.0.0-beta.6, < 5.0.5
### Summary In Vitest 5, Vite's `server.fs.deny` is not applied as intended on Vitest's dev servers. Depending on the server, files that Vite refuses to serve by default (such as `.env`, private keys and certificates, `.npmrc`, and `.git`) or Vitest's own API token file (`.vitest-secret-token`) can be read over plain HTTP by a client that can reach the server. In Browser Mode with `test.projects`, a malicious website can also read `.env` values through the developer's browser. This only applies when Vitest runs an HTTP server, which happens with the UI (`--ui`), Browser Mode, or `api` enabled. Plain `vitest` and `vitest run` don't listen on any port and are not affected. The fix ships in `vitest`, and `@vitest/ui` and `@vitest/browser` are listed because they are what enables the affected setups. Both pin `vitest` to the same version as a peer dependency, so upgrading either one also requires the patched `vitest`. Users who enable `api` without `@vitest/ui` or `@vitest/browser` are also affected and should upgrade `vitest`. ### Details Vitest 5 adds its API token file to `server.fs.deny`, but neither server ended up with the intended list. That's because of two Vite behaviors.
vite-plus
source listed>= 1.0.0-rc.0, < 1.3.0
### Summary In Vitest 5, Vite's `server.fs.deny` is not applied as intended on Vitest's dev servers. Depending on the server, files that Vite refuses to serve by default (such as `.env`, private keys and certificates, `.npmrc`, and `.git`) or Vitest's own API token file (`.vitest-secret-token`) can be read over plain HTTP by a client that can reach the server. In Browser Mode with `test.projects`, a malicious website can also read `.env` values through the developer's browser. This only applies when Vitest runs an HTTP server, which happens with the UI (`--ui`), Browser Mode, or `api` enabled. Plain `vitest` and `vitest run` don't listen on any port and are not affected. The fix ships in `vitest`, and `@vitest/ui` and `@vitest/browser` are listed because they are what enables the affected setups. Both pin `vitest` to the same version as a peer dependency, so upgrading either one also requires the patched `vitest`. Users who enable `api` without `@vitest/ui` or `@vitest/browser` are also affected and should upgrade `vitest`. ### Details Vitest 5 adds its API token file to `server.fs.deny`, but neither server ended up with the intended list. That's because of two Vite behaviors.
@vitest/ui
source listedSEMVER: introduced 5.0.0-beta.6; fixed 5.0.5
### Summary In Vitest 5, Vite's `server.fs.deny` is not applied as intended on Vitest's dev servers. Depending on the server, files that Vite refuses to serve by default (such as `.env`, private keys and certificates, `.npmrc`, and `.git`) or Vitest's own API token file (`.vitest-secret-token`) can be read over plain HTTP by a client that can reach the server. In Browser Mode with `test.projects`, a malicious website can also read `.env` values through the developer's browser. This only applies when Vitest runs an HTTP server, which happens with the UI (`--ui`), Browser Mode, or `api` enabled. Plain `vitest` and `vitest run` don't listen on any port and are not affected. The fix ships in `vitest`, and `@vitest/ui` and `@vitest/browser` are listed because they are what enables the affected setups. Both pin `vitest` to the same version as a peer dependency, so upgrading either one also requires the patched `vitest`. Users who enable `api` without `@vitest/ui` or `@vitest/browser` are also affected and should upgrade `vitest`. ### Details Vitest 5 adds its API token file to `server.fs.deny`, but neither server ended up with the intended list. That's because of two Vite behaviors.
@vitest/browser
source listedSEMVER: introduced 5.0.0-beta.6; fixed 5.0.5
### Summary In Vitest 5, Vite's `server.fs.deny` is not applied as intended on Vitest's dev servers. Depending on the server, files that Vite refuses to serve by default (such as `.env`, private keys and certificates, `.npmrc`, and `.git`) or Vitest's own API token file (`.vitest-secret-token`) can be read over plain HTTP by a client that can reach the server. In Browser Mode with `test.projects`, a malicious website can also read `.env` values through the developer's browser. This only applies when Vitest runs an HTTP server, which happens with the UI (`--ui`), Browser Mode, or `api` enabled. Plain `vitest` and `vitest run` don't listen on any port and are not affected. The fix ships in `vitest`, and `@vitest/ui` and `@vitest/browser` are listed because they are what enables the affected setups. Both pin `vitest` to the same version as a peer dependency, so upgrading either one also requires the patched `vitest`. Users who enable `api` without `@vitest/ui` or `@vitest/browser` are also affected and should upgrade `vitest`. ### Details Vitest 5 adds its API token file to `server.fs.deny`, but neither server ended up with the intended list. That's because of two Vite behaviors.
vite-plus
source listedSEMVER: introduced 1.0.0-rc.0; fixed 1.3.0
### Summary In Vitest 5, Vite's `server.fs.deny` is not applied as intended on Vitest's dev servers. Depending on the server, files that Vite refuses to serve by default (such as `.env`, private keys and certificates, `.npmrc`, and `.git`) or Vitest's own API token file (`.vitest-secret-token`) can be read over plain HTTP by a client that can reach the server. In Browser Mode with `test.projects`, a malicious website can also read `.env` values through the developer's browser. This only applies when Vitest runs an HTTP server, which happens with the UI (`--ui`), Browser Mode, or `api` enabled. Plain `vitest` and `vitest run` don't listen on any port and are not affected. The fix ships in `vitest`, and `@vitest/ui` and `@vitest/browser` are listed because they are what enables the affected setups. Both pin `vitest` to the same version as a peer dependency, so upgrading either one also requires the patched `vitest`. Users who enable `api` without `@vitest/ui` or `@vitest/browser` are also affected and should upgrade `vitest`. ### Details Vitest 5 adds its API token file to `server.fs.deny`, but neither server ended up with the intended list. That's because of two Vite behaviors.
03 / Response
What to do next
- investigate
Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. FIRST EPSS
- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 5.0.5 for @vitest/ui. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV
- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 5.0.5 for @vitest/browser. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV
- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 1.3.0 for vite-plus. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV
A fixed release is not deployment evidence.
Check current vendor support and compatibility. After making a change, verify the deployed build and relevant runtime conditions. Keep the evidence, owner and time. An updated lockfile alone does not prove what is running.
04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
Each assertion retains its source. Mirrored records may repeat one underlying publisher; additional links are not independent corroboration.
- GHSA-p458-7748-mcp3 ↗
GitHub Advisory Database · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.
- GHSA-p458-7748-mcp3 ↗
GitHub Advisory Database via OSV · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub-origin advisory, CC-BY-4.0; OSV is an aggregate copy, not independent corroboration.
- CVE-2026-112948 ↗
FIRST EPSS · official catalog
Observed . FIRST EPSS; probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, not local compromise. Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.
Public revision history
Only published revisions appear here. Routine fetches do not create a material-change event.
- Revision 3 ·
Source facts changed; compare the preserved prior revision.
- Revision 2 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 1 ·
First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.