Hono is a Web application framework that provides support for any JavaScript runtime. Prior to 4.12.25, on Windows hosts, an encoded backslash (%5C) in the request path decodes to \, which the Windows path resolver treats as a separator. serve-static then resolves a single URL segment such as admin\secret.txt into a nested file under the root and serves it, letting an attacker read static files meant to be protected behind prefix-mounted middleware. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.12.25.

No CVSS v4.0

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Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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honojs hono affected
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< 4.12.25 affected —

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Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wwfh-h76j-fc44 hono: Path traversal in `serve-static` on Windows via encoded backslash (`%5C`)
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https://github.com/honojs/hono/security/advisories/GHSA-wwfh-h76j-fc44 cve-icon
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Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Description Hono is a Web application framework that provides support for any JavaScript runtime. Prior to 4.12.25, on Windows hosts, an encoded backslash (%5C) in the request path decodes to \, which the Windows path resolver treats as a separator. serve-static then resolves a single URL segment such as admin\secret.txt into a nested file under the root and serves it, letting an attacker read static files meant to be protected behind prefix-mounted middleware. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.12.25.
Title Hono: Path traversal in `serve-static` on Windows via encoded backslash (`%5C`)
Weaknesses CWE-22
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-22T17:14:40.133Z

Reserved: 2026-06-12T17:46:37.292Z

Link: CVE-2026-54286

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