Hono: Query parser reads parameters after the URL fragment, causing cache-key and proxy interpretation differentials
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · 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 4.13.5, Hono's query helpers treat a question mark after a literal hash fragment as the start of a query string, so the application can read request parameters that browsers, new URL(), reverse proxies, filtering rules, parameter allow and deny lists, access logging, request validation, and other middleware do not observe. The Cache Middleware removes the fragment when building its cache key, allowing a response influenced by parameters inside the fragment to be stored under a key that omits those parameters and later served to other users. This can bypass filtering and auditing, poison cached responses, and enable stored cross-site scripting when an affected parameter is reflected into cached HTML without escaping. Exploitation requires a runtime and intermediary path that passes a literal hash character through to the request URL; Cloudflare Workers and intermediaries that strip fragments are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 4.13.5.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 4.13.5 | 4.13.5 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | hono (npm) | before 4.13.5 | 4.13.5 | Patch available | GHSA-crvj-82cr-hjcx |
- hono Vendorhonojs Affected before 4.13.5 Fixed in 4.13.5 Patch available CNA
- hono (npm) Vendor— Affected before 4.13.5 Fixed in 4.13.5 Patch available GHSA-crvj-82cr-hjcx
Remediation
- Fix · CNA hono (honojs) Fixed in 4.13.5
- Fix · GHSA-crvj-82cr-hjcx hono (npm) Fixed in 4.13.5 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-84363
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-crvj-82cr-hjcx
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-2026-84363 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-84363 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-crvj-82cr-hjcx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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