Improper output encoding in honojs hono
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Hono is a Web application framework that provides support for any JavaScript runtime. Prior to 4.12.25, on AWS Lambda, the ALB single-header response and the VPC Lattice v2 response join multiple Set-Cookie headers into one comma-separated value. Because commas also appear inside cookie attributes (for example Expires dates), clients cannot split the value back into individual cookies and silently drop or misparse them. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.12.25.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| honojs | hono | before 4.12.25 | 4.12.25 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | hono (npm) | before 4.12.25 | 4.12.25 | Patch available | GHSA-j6c9-x7qj-28xf |
- hono Vendorhonojs Affected before 4.12.25 Fixed in 4.12.25 Patch available CNA
- hono (npm) Vendor— Affected before 4.12.25 Fixed in 4.12.25 Patch available GHSA-j6c9-x7qj-28xf
Remediation
- Fix · CNA hono (honojs) Fixed in 4.12.25
- Fix · GHSA-j6c9-x7qj-28xf hono (npm) Fixed in 4.12.25 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54287
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j6c9-x7qj-28xf
References
More honojs vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-21741 Hono vulnerable to Restricted Directory Traversal in serveStatic with deno CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-15441 @hono/node-server can't handle "double dots" in URL CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-32610 Hono vulnerable to bypass of CSRF Middleware by a request without Content-Type header. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2024-29381 Hono CSRF middleware can be bypassed using crafted Content-Type header CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2026-39189 Hono: Lambda@Edge adapter keeps only the last value of a repeated request header, dropping the rest CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2026-23190 Hono: Arbitrary file access via serveStatic vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-54287 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-54287 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j6c9-x7qj-28xf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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