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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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4Blast Radius
ecosystem impact- 1 npm packages depend on hono (1 direct, 0 indirect)
Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 4.0.0.
DescriptionGitHub Advisory
Summary
A path traversal issue in toSSG() allows files to be written outside the configured output directory during static site generation. When using dynamic route parameters via ssgParams, specially crafted values can cause generated file paths to escape the intended output directory.
Details
The static site generation process creates output files based on route paths derived from application routes and parameters. When ssgParams is used to provide values for dynamic routes, those values are used to construct output file paths. If these values contain traversal sequences (e.g. ..), the resulting output path may resolve outside the configured output directory. As a result, files may be written to unintended locations instead of being confined within the specified output directory.
For example:
import { Hono } from 'hono'
import { toSSG, ssgParams } from 'hono/ssg'
const app = new Hono()
app.get('/:id', ssgParams([{ id: '../pwned' }]), (c) => {
return c.text('pwned')
})
toSSG(app, fs, { dir: './static' })In this case, the generated output path may resolve outside ./static, resulting in a file being written outside the intended output directory.
Impact
An attacker who can influence values passed to ssgParams during the build process may be able to write files outside the intended output directory.
Depending on the build and deployment environment, this may:
- overwrite unintended files
- affect generated artifacts
- impact deployment outputs or downstream tooling
This issue is limited to build-time static site generation and does not affect request-time routing.
AnalysisAI
Path traversal in Hono's toSSG() function allows attackers to write files outside the configured output directory during static site generation by injecting traversal sequences into ssgParams dynamic route values. The vulnerability is limited to build-time operations and does not affect runtime request handling. A vendor-released patch is available in Hono v4.12.12.
Technical ContextAI
Hono is a lightweight web framework for JavaScript/TypeScript that includes static site generation (SSG) capabilities via the toSSG() function. The vulnerability exists in how ssgParams processes dynamic route parameters to construct output file paths. When user-controlled or attacker-influenced values are passed to ssgParams for dynamic routes (e.g., /:id), the framework fails to sanitize path traversal sequences like ../ before constructing the final output path. This violates CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory) by allowing relative path manipulation to escape the intended output directory boundary. The affected product is the npm package 'hono' (pkg:npm/hono), which is widely used for building web applications and static sites in the Node.js/JavaScript ecosystem.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Hono to v4.12.12 or later, which resolves the path traversal issue in toSSG(). Update package.json to reference hono@^4.12.12 and run npm install (or equivalent for yarn/pnpm). The upstream fix is available in commit b470278920fffcfd6d76002755d6db53db827679 (https://github.com/honojs/hono/commit/b470278920fffcfd6d76002755d6db53db827679). Users unable to upgrade immediately should avoid passing untrusted or user-controlled values to ssgParams and validate/sanitize any dynamic parameters before SSG execution. Review build process and CI/CD configuration to ensure ssgParams values originate from trusted sources only.
Same weakness CWE-22 – Path Traversal
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-20495
GHSA-xf4j-xp2r-rqqx