Affected versions of headless-browser-lite insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running headless-browser-lite.

Recommendation

Update to version 2015.4.18-a or later.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10625
• GHSA-g95j-p8f6-pwh4
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/230
• kaizhu256/node-phantomjs-lite@96f766e
• kaizhu256/node-phantomjs-lite@f6e2a94