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GHSA-xh87-mx6m-69f3 Hono is Vulnerable to Authentication Bypass by IP Spoofing in AWS Lambda ALB conninfo
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-27700
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- hono
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-290, CWE-345
- Reviewed
- 2026-02-25
Affected packages
• npm hono: >= 4.12.0, < 4.12.2 → fixed in 4.12.2
Description
Summary
When using the AWS Lambda adapter (`hono/aws-lambda`) behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB), the `getConnInfo()` function incorrectly selected the first value from the `X-Forwarded-For` header.
Because AWS ALB appends the real client IP address to the end of the `X-Forwarded-For` header, the first value can be attacker-controlled.
This could allow IP-based access control mechanisms (such as the `ipRestriction` middleware) to be bypassed.
Details
In ALB environments, AWS appends the actual client IP address to the end of any existing `X-Forwarded-For` header value. However, the previous implementation of `getConnInfo()` extracted the leftmost IP address:
```ts
address = xff.split(',')[0].trim()
```
If a client sent:
```
X-Forwarded-For:
```
ALB would forward:
```
X-Forwarded-For: ,
```
Since the implementation selected the first value, the spoofed IP address was trusted. This affected applications using:
```ts
ipRestriction(getConnInfo, { allowList: [...] })
```
or any custom middleware relying on `getConnInfo(c).remote.address` for authorization decisions.
The issue only affects deployments using the AWS Lambda adapter behind an ALB. API Gateway (v1/v2) and Lambda Function URLs are not affected, as they use AWS-provided source IP values from `requestContext`.
Impact
An unauthenticated remote attacker could bypass IP-based access restrictions by supplying a crafted `X-Forwarded-For` header. This may allow access to resources that were intended to be restricted by IP address.
Only applications deployed behind an ALB and relying on `getConnInfo()` for IP-based authorization are affected.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-27700 Hono is a Web application framework that provides support for any JavaScript runtime. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/security/advisories/GHSA-xh87-mx6m-69f3 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27700 advisory
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/commit/41adbf56e252c04611f8972364ac0887ae07a4c7 web
- https://github.com/honojs/hono package
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.2 web