Astro: Server island encrypted parameters vulnerable to cross-component replay
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Astro is a web framework. Astro versions prior to 6.1.10 used AES-GCM encryption to protect the confidentiality and integrity of server island props and slots parameters, but did not bind the ciphertext to its intended component or parameter type. An attacker could replay one component's encrypted props (p) value as another component's slots (s) value, or vice versa. Since slots contain raw unescaped HTML while props may contain user-controlled values, this could lead to XSS in applications. This occurs when the application uses server islands, two different server island components share the same key name for a prop and a slot, and an attacker has full control over the value of the overlapping prop (requires a dynamically rendered page). This vulnerability is fixed in 6.1.10.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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 | before 6.1.10 | 6.1.10 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | astro (npm) | before 6.1.10 | 6.1.10 | Patch available | GHSA-xr5h-phrj-8vxv |
- astro Vendorwithastro Affected before 6.1.10 Fixed in 6.1.10 Patch available CNA
- astro (npm) Vendor— Affected before 6.1.10 Fixed in 6.1.10 Patch available GHSA-xr5h-phrj-8vxv
Remediation
- Fix · CNA astro (withastro) Fixed in 6.1.10
- Fix · GHSA-xr5h-phrj-8vxv astro (npm) Fixed in 6.1.10 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45028
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xr5h-phrj-8vxv
References
Patch 2
Advisory 2
More withastro Astro vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-37142 Server source code is exposed to the public if sourcemaps are enabled CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.8
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-45028 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-45028 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xr5h-phrj-8vxv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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