CVE-2026-109955: Hono 4.12.4 before 4.13.11 Middleware Bypass via serveStatic Double Decoding
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 27/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.31% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: honojs hono 4.13.11.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to honojs hono 4.13.11 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Hono from 4.12.4 before 4.13.11 contains a middleware bypass vulnerability in serveStatic that allows unauthenticated attackers to skip prefix middleware by exploiting double path decoding. Attackers can send malformed percent-encoded paths that the router matches in encoded form, reaching static files without authentication checks running.
- Published
- Oct 13, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 13, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 24th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-174
Report tools
Action score
27
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 27 / 40 · 6.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · VulnCheck
- 6.9
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulnCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
honojs hono
- 4.13.11not affected
- 4.12.4 and later · before 4.13.11affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | hono | from 4.12.4 · before 4.13.11 | 4.13.11 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | grafana12.4 | before 0:12.4.12-0.5.hum1 | 0:12.4.12-0.5.hum1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | grafana13.1 | before 0:13.1.7-0.2.hum1 | 0:13.1.7-0.2.hum1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | grafana13.2 | before 0:13.2.3-0.2.hum1 | 0:13.2.3-0.2.hum1 |
Same product
honojs: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-54290Hono: CORS Middleware reflects any Origin with credentials when `origin` defaults to the wildcard28Monitor
- CVE-2026-84365Hono: Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-39408: `toSSG()` still writes files outside the output directory26Monitor
- CVE-2026-54288Hono: Body Limit Middleware can be bypassed on AWS Lambda by understating `Content-Length`26Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-84364Sep 1, 2026 · Hono: Unbounded dot-notation nesting in `parseBody()` can cause memory exhaustion21Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-93981Sep 19, 2026 · hono/jsx before 4.13.7 Cross-Site Scripting via Unescaped Strings9Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-111757Oct 19, 2026 · Hono: `serveStatic` decodes the request path a second time, leading to bypass of middleware on static paths21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| honojs hono | 4.13.11 | Vendor (CNA) |
| npm:hono | 4.13.11 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:grafana12.4 | 0:12.4.12-0.5.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:grafana13.1 | 0:13.1.7-0.2.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:grafana13.2 | 0:13.2.3-0.2.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- Fix recordedsame day
- TodayNov 13, 2026+31 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- manop55555reporter
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-1117576 days apartHono: `serveStatic` decodes the request path a second time, leading to bypass of middleware on static paths21Monitor
Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-174 · Double Decoding of the Same DataCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/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
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log (2)
- Exploit maturity— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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