GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-88fw-hqm2-52qc hono: CORS Middleware reflects any Origin with credentials when `origin` defaults to the wildcard
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-54290
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- hono
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-942
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-16
Affected packages
• npm hono: < 4.12.25 → fixed in 4.12.25
Description
Summary
With `credentials: true` and no explicit `origin` (the default wildcard), the CORS Middleware reflects the request's `Origin` and sends `Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true`. Any site can then make credentialed cross-origin requests and read the responses, exposing cookie-authenticated endpoints to arbitrary origins.
Details
The spec forbids `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` with credentials and browsers reject it, so this configuration used to fail closed. In affected versions the middleware reflects the request `Origin` instead, so it now succeeds for every origin, including `null`. The preflight also echoes the requested headers back, approving non-simple credentialed requests too.
This issue arises when an application enables `credentials: true` and leaves `origin` unset or set to the wildcard.
Impact
Any third-party page a logged-in user visits can read the application's cookie-authenticated endpoints and perform credentialed state-changing requests. This affects applications that enable credentialed CORS without restricting `origin`.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-54290 Hono is a Web application framework that provides support for any JavaScript runtime. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-942 Permissive Cross-domain Security Policy with Untrusted Domains weakness