GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-hp3v-mfqw-h74c @astrojs/netlify generates an overly-broad Netlify Image CDN allowlist because remotePatterns.pathname metacharacters are not escaped
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-73425
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- @astrojs/netlify
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-185
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-20
Affected packages
• npm @astrojs/netlify: < 8.1.2 → fixed in 8.1.2
Description
Summary
The `@astrojs/netlify` adapter converts each `image.remotePatterns` entry into a regular expression that is written to `.netlify/v1/config.json` under `images.remote_images`. Netlify's Image CDN uses these regexes as the allowlist that decides which remote image URLs it will optimize. `remotePatternToRegex()` escapes `.` in the hostname but interpolates the literal `pathname` into the regex without escaping regex metacharacters. As a result, the generated allowlist is broader than the pattern the developer declared, and broader than Astro's canonical `matchPattern()` helper (which compares non-wildcard pathnames by exact string equality).
This is a residual of the same bug class addressed in CVE-2026-54300 (PR #17018, commit `1310277d`). That fix corrected wildcard semantics and added a `$` anchor but did not add metacharacter escaping for literal pathnames.
Details
In `packages/integrations/netlify/src/index.ts`, `remotePatternToRegex()` escapes dots in the hostname:
```js
regexStr += hostname.replace(/\./g, '\\.');
```
but interpolates the pathname unescaped in all three branches, e.g. the exact-match branch:
```js
regexStr += `(\\${pathname})`;
```
Any regex metacharacter in the literal path (`.`, `+`, `?`, `(`, `[`, ...) is therefore passed through raw. Because `.` matches any character (including `/`), a restrictive pattern is silently widened.
The security boundary on Netlify is the generated regex itself — Netlify's Image CDN enforces it directly and Astro's runtime `matchPattern()` is not in the loop for this path, so there is no compensating layer that re-validates the request.
Proof of Concept
Configure an SSR site with a literal pathname containing a `.`:
```js
// astro.config.mjs
image: {
remotePatterns: [{
protocol: 'https',
hostname: 'cdn.example.com',
pathname: '/img/v1.0/file',
}],
}
```
Run `astro build` and inspect `.netlify/v1/config.json` `images.remote_images[0]`:
```
https://cdn\.example\.com(:[0-9]+)?(\/img/v1.0/file)([?][^#]*)?$
```
Testing the generated regex:
• `https://cdn.example.com/img/v1.0/file` -> MATCH (intended)
• `https://cdn.example.com/img/v1X0/file` -> MATCH (bypass; the unescaped `.` matches any character)
• `https://cdn.example.com/img/v1/0/file` -> MATCH (bypass; `.` also matches `/`, crossing a path segment)
Astro's canonical `matchPattern()` (exact string equality on the pathname) rejects both bypass URLs.
Impact
Netlify's Image CDN accepts optimization requests for URLs on the allowed host that the developer's `remotePatterns` entry was intended to exclude. The hostname remains correctly anchored, so the broadening is confined to the pathname dimension on an already-allowed host. Realistic impact depends on whether other images the developer meant to keep out of their CDN exist at metacharacter-adjacent paths on that host. This affects reasonable, non-permissive configurations, since any `pathname` containing a `.` (file extensions, version segments) is affected.
Patches
A fix will escape all regex metacharacters in the literal portions of each `remotePatterns` component before interpolation, applying only Astro's documented wildcard semantics explicitly. A regression corpus validates the generated Netlify regexes against `@astrojs/internal-helpers`' `matchPattern()`.
Workarounds
Avoid regex metacharacters (notably `.`) in `image.remotePatterns[].pathname` values, or scope the allowed host so that unintended paths are not reachable.
Credit
Reported by @sec-reex as part of an incomplete-patch measurement study (responsible disclosure).
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-73425 Astro is a web framework for content-driven websites. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-185 Incorrect Regular Expression weakness
References
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/security/advisories/GHSA-hp3v-mfqw-h74c web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73425 advisory
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/pull/17018 web
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/pull/17368 web
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/commit/ee74c289bfe32fb6a7f59ed97c5c22db16394b72 web
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-529g-xq4f-cw38 advisory
- https://github.com/withastro/astro package
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/releases/tag/@astrojs/[email protected] web