Critical severity · published May 18, 2026
CVE-2026-25244
WebdriverIO has Command Injection in the BrowserStack Service
9.8
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WE
webdriverio · webdriverio
< 9.24.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25244
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25244
Product
https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/blob/ea0e3e00288abced4c739ff9e46c46977b7cdbd2/packages/wdio-browserstack-service/src/testorchestration/helpers.ts#L204
Product
https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/releases/tag/v9.24.0
Exploit
https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/security/advisories/GHSA-5c46-x3qw-q7j7
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25244
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479692
security.access.redhat.com
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-25244.json
