GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-vfpm-58rq-9qcg Vite: First 4 bytes of files outside of `server.fs` setting is exposed by `?vite-wasm-instance`
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-112947
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- vite, vite-plus
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200, CWE-209, CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2026-10-21
Affected packages
• npm vite: >= 8.3.0, < 8.3.3 → fixed in 8.3.3
• npm vite: >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.4 → fixed in 8.2.4
• npm vite-plus: >= 0.2.8, < 1.1.0 → fixed in 1.1.0
Description
Summary
The first 4 bytes of files outside of `server.fs` setting can be returned to the browser by a request containing `?vite-wasm-instance`.
Impact
Only apps that match one of the following conditions are affected:
• explicitly expose the Vite dev server to the network using `--host` or the `server.host` option
• there's a file that has a sensitive information in the first 4 bytes
• uses Node.js or Deno to run Vite (if Bun is used, it is not affected)
Details
Requests containing the `?vite-wasm-instance` query are handled by the internal Wasm plugin's `load` hook. The hook removes the query and reads the resulting path directly from disk, but the `server.fs` checks were not applied.
After reading the file, Vite attempts to parse it as WebAssembly. When that parse fails, Node and deno throws an error that contains the first 4 bytes of the file.
PoC
Create a denied file and start an affected Vite dev server:
```bash
echo 'SECRET_KEY=abc123\n' > .env
npm run dev
curl 'http://localhost:5173/.env?vite-wasm-instance'
```
This will show
```
Failed to parse WASM file "/.env": WebAssembly.compile(): expected magic word 00 61 73 6d, found 53 45 43 52 @+0
```
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-112947 Vite is a frontend tooling framework for JavaScript. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/vitejs/vite/security/advisories/GHSA-vfpm-58rq-9qcg web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112947 advisory
- https://github.com/vitejs/vite/pull/23655 web
- https://github.com/vitejs/vite/commit/b6c6d2fb3f853aab4092dc25f0d6816a96c23dff web
- https://github.com/vitejs/vite/commit/ba8b7ab43b4afa5d0292ab4b6e3a7b5033cc9c73 web
- https://github.com/vitejs/vite package