GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-hxh3-vqpv-xpqv hono/jsx renders plain strings unescaped in boundary components, leading to XSS
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-93981
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- hono
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-30
Affected packages
• npm hono: < 4.13.7 → fixed in 4.13.7
Description
Summary
`hono/jsx` does not HTML-escape a plain string placed directly as a child or `fallback` of `Suspense` or `ErrorBoundary`, as the only child of a `Context.Provider`, or as the root value of `renderToString()` / `renderToReadableStream()` from `hono/jsx/dom/server`. Such a string is emitted as markup instead of text.
Details
These paths stringify their input and treat the result as already-escaped HTML, so a plain string passes through unchanged. Notable cases:
• `Suspense`: a string child, or a string `fallback` while a child suspends. With streaming, the fallback reaches the browser in the initial chunk.
• `ErrorBoundary`: a string child alongside an asynchronous sibling. The all-synchronous case was fixed in 4.11.7 (GHSA-9r54-q6cx-xmh5).
• `Context.Provider`: a single string child. Multiple children are escaped.
• `hono/jsx/dom/server`: a string, or an array containing strings, passed as the root.
A lone `{children}` forwarded by a wrapper component is enough to reach these paths. Strings wrapped in an element, values from `raw()` or the `html` helper, and client-side rendering with `hono/jsx/dom` are not affected.
Impact
An attacker who controls a string rendered in an affected position can inject arbitrary HTML into the server-rendered page, leading to cross-site scripting under the application's origin.
This issue affects applications that render untrusted strings directly in one of the positions above during server-side rendering.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-93981 hono before 4.13.7 fails to HTML-escape plain strings rendered by hono/jsx as a child or fallback of Suspense, as a string child of… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/security/advisories/GHSA-hxh3-vqpv-xpqv web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93981 advisory
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/commit/2b8ed402cdab6dfc5e829b480806dcd8db94161e web
- https://github.com/honojs/hono package
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.13.7 web
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hono-jsx-before-4.13.7-cross-site-scripting-via-unescaped-strings web