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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1mNmd2LWhoOGotcTh2cc4AA3yc

Named path parameters can be overridden in TrieRouter

Impact

The clients may override named path parameter values from previous requests if the application is using TrieRouter. So, there is a risk that a privileged user may use unintended parameters when deleting REST API resources.

TrieRouter is used either explicitly or when the application matches a pattern that is not supported by the default RegExpRouter.

The code to reproduce it. The server side application:

import { Hono } from 'hono'
import { TrieRouter } from 'hono/router/trie-router'

const wait = async (ms: number) => {
  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    setTimeout(resolve, ms)
  })
}

const app = new Hono({ router: new TrieRouter() })

app.use('*', async (c, next) => {
  await wait(Math.random() * 200)
  return next()
})

app.get('/modules/:id/versions/:version', async (c) => {
  const id = c.req.param('id')
  const version = c.req.param('version')

  console.log('path', c.req.path)
  console.log('version', version)

  return c.json({
    id,
    version,
  })
})

export default app

The client code which makes requests to the server application:

const examples = [
  'http://localhost:8787/modules/first/versions/first',
  'http://localhost:8787/modules/second/versions/second',
  'http://localhost:8787/modules/third/versions/third',
]

const test = () => {
  for (const example of examples) {
    fetch(example)
      .then((response) => response.json())
      .then((data) => {
        const splitted = example.split('/')
        const expected = splitted[splitted.length - 1]

        if (expected !== data.version) {
          console.error(`Error: exprected ${expected} but got ${data.version} - url was ${example}`)
        }
      })
  }
}

test()

The results:

Error: exprected second but got third - url was http://localhost:8787/modules/second/versions/second
Error: exprected first but got third - url was http://localhost:8787/modules/first/versions/first

Patches

"v3.11.7" includes the change to fix this issue.

Workarounds

Don't use TrieRouter directly.

// DON'T USE TrieRouter
import { TrieRouter } from 'hono/router/trie-router'
const app = new Hono({ router: new TrieRouter() })

References

Router options on the Hono website: https://hono.dev/api/hono#router-option

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f6gv-hh8j-q8vq
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1mNmd2LWhoOGotcTh2cc4AA3yc
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: 5 months ago
Updated: 5 months ago

CVSS Score: 4.2
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Identifiers: GHSA-f6gv-hh8j-q8vq, CVE-2023-50710
References:

• https://github.com/honojs/hono/security/advisories/GHSA-f6gv-hh8j-q8vq
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50710
• https://github.com/honojs/hono/commit/8e2b6b08518998783f66d31db4f21b1b1eecc4c8
• https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v3.11.7
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f6gv-hh8j-q8vq

Repository: https://github.com/honojs/hono
Blast Radius: 11.9

Affected Packages