CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-53765
Chrome DevTools for agents (chrome-devtools-mcp) lets your coding agent control and inspect a live Chrome browser. From 0.20.0 until 1.1.0, The chrome-devtools-mcp daemon writes its PID file with fs.writeFileSync() to a deterministic runtime path. On typical macOS environments, and on Linux sessions where $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is unset, that runtime path falls back to /tmp/chrome-devtools-mcp-<uid>/daemon.pid. Because the write does not use O_NOFOLLOW, a local low-privilege user on the same POSIX hos
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"chrome-devtools-mcp","vendor":"ChromeDevTools","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":">= 0.20.0, < 1.1.0"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4a2d94cdbc7cfd0a4a288851b1b93a4fdb5713dba65542f98dd5a498ba89d608 · sha256:efebe40a8e392210… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":6.1,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4a2d94cdbc7cfd0a4a288851b1b93a4fdb5713dba65542f98dd5a498ba89d608 · sha256:efebe40a8e392210… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-59","description":"CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4a2d94cdbc7cfd0a4a288851b1b93a4fdb5713dba65542f98dd5a498ba89d608 · sha256:efebe40a8e392210… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"name":"https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-3pvj-jv98-qhjq","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-3pvj-jv98-qhjq"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4a2d94cdbc7cfd0a4a288851b1b93a4fdb5713dba65542f98dd5a498ba89d608 · sha256:efebe40a8e392210… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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