Vulnerability GHSA-q7jf-gf43-6x6p

Medium Risk
MEDIUM RISK
CVSS Score: 4.2
Score Range: 4.0–6.9
Medium severity vulnerabilities (CVSS 4.0–6.9). Important issues that meaningfully reduce security confidence.
11 months ago
October 24, 2025 at 07:15 PM UTC
Hono vulnerable to Vary Header Injection leading to potential CORS Bypass
0.0.1 - 4.10.2
0.0.1 - 4.10.2

Summary

Hono vulnerable to Vary Header Injection leading to potential CORS Bypass

Details

Summary

A flaw in the CORS middleware allowed request Vary headers to be reflected into the response, enabling attacker-controlled Vary values and potentially affecting cache behavior.

Details

The middleware previously copied the Vary header from the request when origin was not set to "*". Since Vary is a response header that should only be managed by the server, this could allow an attacker to influence caching behavior or cause inconsistent CORS handling.

Most environments will see impact only when shared caches or proxies rely on the Vary header. The practical effect varies by configuration.

Impact

May cause cache key pollution and inconsistent CORS enforcement in certain setups. No direct confidentiality, integrity, or availability impact in default configurations.

Resolution

Update to the latest patched release. The CORS middleware has been corrected to handle Vary exclusively as a response header.

Impacted packages

Timeline

Published
11 months ago
October 24, 2025 at 07:15 PM UTC
Fixed (4.10.3)
11 months ago
October 24, 2025 at 05:03 PM UTC
Last Modified
5 hours ago
October 02, 2026 at 06:45 PM UTC