CVE-2023-38695

cypress-image-snapshot vulnerable to insecure snapshot file names

6.5 MediumFix available

cypress-image-snapshot shows visual regressions in Cypress with jest-image-snapshot. Prior to version 8.0.2, it's possible for a user to pass a relative file path for the snapshot name and reach outside of the project directory into the machine running the test. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.99%Up 0.9 points since Aug 5, 2023

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

cypress-image-snapshot vulnerable to insecure snapshot file names

Record: CVE-2023-38695
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2023-2366 6.5

Record: EUVD-2023-2366
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vxjg-hchx-cc4g 6.5

@simonsmith/cypress-image-snapshothas fix for insecure snapshot file names

Impact

It's possible for a user to pass a relative file path for the snapshot name and reach outside of the project directory into the machine running the test. Example:

  cy.get('h1').matchImageSnapshot('../../../ignore-relative-dirs')

The above will create an ignore-relative-dirs.png three levels up

Patches

Fixed in 8.0.2

Workarounds

Validate all the existing uses of matchImageSnapshot to ensure correct use of the filename argument. Example:

    // snapshot name will be the test title
    cy.matchImageSnapshot();

    // snapshot name will be the name passed in
    cy.matchImageSnapshot('login');

References

https://github.com/simonsmith/cypress-image-snapshot/issues/15

Record: GHSA-vxjg-hchx-cc4g
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.5

Record: CVE-2023-38695
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.5

cypress-image-snapshot vulnerable to insecure snapshot file names

Record: CVE-2023-38695
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-vxjg-hchx-cc4g 6.5

@simonsmith/cypress-image-snapshothas fix for insecure snapshot file names

Impact

It's possible for a user to pass a relative file path for the snapshot name and reach outside of the project directory into the machine running the test. Example:

  cy.get('h1').matchImageSnapshot('../../../ignore-relative-dirs')

The above will create an ignore-relative-dirs.png three levels up

Patches

Fixed in 8.0.2

Workarounds

Validate all the existing uses of matchImageSnapshot to ensure correct use of the filename argument. Example:

    // snapshot name will be the test title
    cy.matchImageSnapshot();

    // snapshot name will be the name passed in
    cy.matchImageSnapshot('login');

References

https://github.com/simonsmith/cypress-image-snapshot/issues/15

Record: GHSA-vxjg-hchx-cc4g
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`@simonsmith/cypress-image-snapshot` npm	through 8.0.1	8.0.2
`@simonsmith/cypress-image-snapshot` npm	before 8.0.2	8.0.2

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-38695 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Simonsmith Cypress-image-snapshot, published August 1, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.99%, the 62nd percentile. Fixed in @simonsmith/cypress-image-snapshot 8.0.2.