GHSA-5pq2-9x2x-5p6w
Hono Vulnerable to Cookie Attribute Injection via Unsanitized domain and path in setCookie()
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-29086
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
## Summary The `setCookie()` utility did not validate semicolons (`;`), carriage returns (`\r`), or newline characters (`\n`) in the `domain` and `path` options when constructing the `Set-Cookie` header. Because cookie attributes are delimited by semicolons, this could allow injection of additional cookie attributes if untrusted input was passed into these fields. ## Details `setCookie()` builds the `Set-Cookie` header by concatenating option values. While the cookie value itself is URL-encoded, the `domain` and `path` options were previously interpolated without rejecting unsafe characters. Including `;`, `\r`, or `\n` in these fields could result in unintended additional attributes (such as `SameSite`, `Secure`, `Domain`, or `Path`) being appended to the cookie header. Modern runtimes prevent full header injection via CRLF, so this issue is limited to attribute-level manipulation within a single `Set-Cookie` header. The issue has been fixed by rejecting these characters in the `domain` and `path` options. ## Impact An attacker may be able to manipulate cookie attributes if an application passes user-controlled input directly into the `domain` or `path` options of `setCookie()`. This could affect cookie scoping or security attributes depending on browser behavior. Exploitation requires application-level misuse of cookie options.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| npm · hono | introduced 0, fixed 4.12.4 |
References
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/security/advisories/GHSA-5pq2-9x2x-5p6w WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29086 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/commit/44ae0c8cc4d5ab2bed529127a4ac72e1483ad073 WEB
- https://github.com/honojs/hono PACKAGE
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |