Astro: Host header SSRF in prerendered error page fetchGHSA-2pvr-wf23-7pc7
HIGHGHSA-2pvr-wf23-7pc7 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in astro. A fix is available for astro — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-2pvr-wf23-7pc7.
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astronpmDescription
Summary
Astro SSR apps with prerendered error pages (/404 or /500 using export const prerender = true) fetch those pages over HTTP at runtime when an error occurs. The URL for this fetch is derived from request.url, which in turn gets its origin from the incoming Host header. When the Host header is not validated against allowedDomains, an attacker can point the fetch at an arbitrary host and read the response.
Who is affected
This affects SSR deployments that:
- Have a prerendered 404 or 500 page
- Use
createRequestFromNodeRequestfromastro/app/nodewithapp.render()without overridingprerenderedErrorPageFetch— this includes custom servers built on the public API and third-party adapters
Not affected:
@astrojs/node>= 9.5.4 (reads error pages from disk)@astrojs/cloudflare(uses the ASSETS binding)- The dev server (renders error pages in-process)
How it works
createRequestFromNodeRequest builds request.url from the raw Host / :authority header. The allowedDomains option is accepted but only gates X-Forwarded-For — it does not constrain the URL origin. (The public createRequest does fall back to localhost for unvalidated hosts; this internal builder did not.)
When app.render() encounters a 404 or 500 with a prerendered error route, default-handler.ts constructs the error page URL using the origin from request.url and fetches it via prerenderedErrorPageFetch, which defaults to global fetch. The response body is served to the client.
An attacker sends a request with Host: attacker-host:port, triggers an error (e.g., requesting a nonexistent path for a 404), and receives the response from the attacker-controlled host reflected back.
Remediation
The error page fetch origin is now validated against allowedDomains before use. When the host is validated, the original origin is preserved. Otherwise, it falls back to localhost. The fetch is also wrapped in a try/catch so that connection failures degrade gracefully to a plain error response.
Credit
5ud0 / Tarmo Technologies
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | astro | all versions | 6.4.6npm install astro@6.4.6 |
Affected Products
astroastroDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for astro, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update astro to 6.4.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-2pvr-wf23-7pc7 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Restrict outbound requests from the affected component to an allowlist of hosts, block access to link-local and internal address ranges at the network layer, and require authentication on internal services so a forged request cannot reach them unauthenticated.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-2pvr-wf23-7pc7 in your dependencies?
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