GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-xcj6-pq6g-qj4x Vite allows server.fs.deny to be bypassed with .svg or relative paths
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-31486
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- vite
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200, CWE-284
- Reviewed
- 2025-04-04
Affected packages
• npm vite: >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.5 → fixed in 6.2.5
• npm vite: >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.4 → fixed in 6.1.4
• npm vite: >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.14 → fixed in 6.0.14
• npm vite: >= 5.0.0, < 5.4.17 → fixed in 5.4.17
• npm vite: < 4.5.12 → fixed in 4.5.12
Description
Summary
The contents of arbitrary files can be returned to the browser.
Impact
Only apps explicitly exposing the Vite dev server to the network (using --host or server.host config option) are affected.
Details
`.svg`
Requests ending with `.svg` are loaded at this line.
https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/037f801075ec35bb6e52145d659f71a23813c48f/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/asset.ts#L285-L290
By adding `?.svg` with `?.wasm?init` or with `sec-fetch-dest: script` header, the restriction was able to bypass.
This bypass is only possible if the file is smaller than `build.assetsInlineLimit` (default: 4kB) and when using Vite 6.0+.
relative paths
The check was applied before the id normalization. This allowed requests to bypass with relative paths (e.g. `../../`).
PoC
```bash
npm create vite@latest
cd vite-project/
npm install
npm run dev
```
send request to read `etc/passwd`
```bash
curl 'http://127.0.0.1:5173/etc/passwd?.svg?.wasm?init'
```
```bash
curl 'http://127.0.0.1:5173/@fs/x/x/x/vite-project/?/../../../../../etc/passwd?import&?raw'
```
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-31486 Vite is a frontend tooling framework for javascript. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/vitejs/vite/security/advisories/GHSA-xcj6-pq6g-qj4x web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31486 advisory
- https://github.com/vitejs/vite/commit/62d7e81ee189d65899bb65f3263ddbd85247b647 web
- https://github.com/vitejs/vite package
- https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/037f801075ec35bb6e52145d659f71a23813c48f/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/asset.ts#L285-L290 web