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GHSA-r5rp-j6wh-rvv4 Hono: Non-breaking space prefix bypass in cookie name handling in getCookie()
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-39410
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- hono
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
- Reviewed
- 2026-04-08
Affected packages
• npm hono: < 4.12.12 → fixed in 4.12.12
Description
Summary
A discrepancy between browser cookie parsing and `parse()` handling allows cookie prefix protections to be bypassed.
Cookie names that are treated as distinct by the browser may be normalized to the same key by `parse()`, allowing attacker-controlled cookies to override legitimate ones.
Details
Browsers follow RFC 6265bis and only trim SP (`0x20`) and HTAB (`0x09`) from cookie names. Other characters, such as the non-breaking space (`U+00A0`), are preserved as part of the cookie name.
For example, the browser treats the following cookies as distinct:
```
"dummy-cookie"
"\u00a0dummy-cookie"
```
However, `parse()` previously used JavaScript's `trim()`, which removes a broader set of characters including `U+00A0`. As a result, both names are normalized to:
```
"dummy-cookie"
```
This mismatch allows attacker-controlled cookies with a `U+00A0` prefix to shadow or override legitimate cookies when accessed via `getCookie()`.
Impact
An attacker who can set cookies (e.g., via a man-in-the-middle on a non-secure page or other injection vector) can bypass cookie prefix protections and override sensitive cookies.
This may lead to:
• Bypassing `__Secure-` and `__Host-` prefix protections
• Overriding cookies that rely on the Secure attribute
• Session fixation or session hijacking depending on application usage
This issue affects applications that rely on `getCookie()` for security-sensitive cookie handling.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-39410 Hono is a Web application framework that provides support for any JavaScript runtime. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/security/advisories/GHSA-r5rp-j6wh-rvv4 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39410 advisory
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/commit/cc067c85592415cb1880ad3c61ed923472452ec0 web
- https://github.com/honojs/hono package
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.12 web