Server source code is exposed to the public if sourcemaps are enabled
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Astro is a web framework for content-driven websites. A bug in the build process allows any unauthenticated user to read parts of the server source code. During build, along with client assets such as css and font files, the sourcemap files **for the server code** are moved to a publicly-accessible folder. Any outside party can read them with an unauthorized HTTP GET request to the same server hosting the rest of the website. While some server files are hashed, making their access obscure, the files corresponding to the file system router (those in `src/pages`) are predictably named. For example. the sourcemap file for `src/pages/index.astro` gets named `dist/client/pages/index.astro.mjs.map`. This vulnerability is the root cause of issue #12703, which links to a simple stackblitz project demonstrating the vulnerability. Upon build, notice the contents of the `dist/client` (referred to as `config.build.client` in astro code) folder. All astro servers make the folder in question accessible to the public internet without any authentication. It contains `.map` files corresponding to the code that runs on the server. All **server-output** projects on Astro 5 versions **v5.0.3** through **v5.0.7**, that have **sourcemaps enabled**, either directly or through an add-on such as `sentry`, are affected. The fix for **server-output** projects was released in **[email protected]**. Additionally, all **static-output** projects built using Astro 4 versions **4.16.17 or older**, or Astro 5 versions **5.0.8 or older**, that have **sourcemaps enabled** are also affected. The fix for **static-output** projects was released in **[email protected]**, and backported to Astro v4 in **[email protected]**. The immediate impact is limited to source code. Any secrets or environment variables are not exposed unless they are present verbatim in the source code. There is no immediate loss of integrity within the the vulnerable server. However, it is possible to subsequently discover another vulnerability via the revealed source code . There is no immediate impact to availability of the vulnerable server. However, the presence of an unsafe regular expression, for example, can quickly be exploited to subsequently compromise the availability. The fix for **server-output** projects was released in **[email protected]**, and the fix for **static-output** projects was released in **[email protected]** and backported to Astro v4 in **[email protected]**. Users are advised to update immediately if they are using sourcemaps or an integration that enables sourcemaps.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| withastro | astro | 5.0.0 to before 5.0.8; before 4.16.18 | 5.0.8, 4.16.18 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | astro (npm) | 5.0.0-alpha.0 to before 5.0.8 | 5.0.8 | Patch available | GHSA-49w6-73cw-chjr |
| — | astro (npm) | before 4.16.18 | 4.16.18 | Patch available | GHSA-49w6-73cw-chjr |
- astro Vendorwithastro Affected 5.0.0 to before 5.0.8; before 4.16.18 Fixed in 5.0.8, 4.16.18 Patch available CNA
- astro (npm) Vendor— Affected 5.0.0-alpha.0 to before 5.0.8 Fixed in 5.0.8 Patch available GHSA-49w6-73cw-chjr
- astro (npm) Vendor— Affected before 4.16.18 Fixed in 4.16.18 Patch available GHSA-49w6-73cw-chjr
Remediation
- Fix · CNA astro (withastro) Fixed in 5.0.8, 4.16.18
- Fix · GHSA-49w6-73cw-chjr astro (npm) Fixed in 5.0.8 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-49w6-73cw-chjr astro (npm) Fixed in 4.16.18 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-56159
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-49w6-73cw-chjr
References
Other 6
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/issues/12703
- https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/blob/develop/packages/astro/src/integration/index.ts#L50
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/176fe9f113fd912f9b61e848b00bbcfecd6d5c2c/packages/astro/src/core/build/static-build.ts#L139
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/commit/039d022b1bbaacf9ea83071d27affc5318e0e515
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/commit/c879f501ff01b1a3c577de776a1f7100d78f8dd5
- https://github.com/withastro/astro
More withastro Astro vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-34958 Unauthorized third-party images in Astro’s _image endpoint CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2025-39915 Server-side request forgery in withastro astro CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2025-38274 Astro's `X-Forwarded-Host` is reflected with no validation CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-36915 Astro: Reflected XSS via unescaped slot name CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2025-40102 Astro is vulnerable to Reflected XSS via the server islands feature CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2025-34548 Astro: Duplicate trailing slash feature can lead to Open Redirects CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-56159 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-56159 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-49w6-73cw-chjr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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