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hono/jsx renders plain strings unescaped in boundary components, leading to XSS

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

### Summary `hono/jsx` does not HTML-escape a plain string placed directly as a child or `fallback` of `Suspense` or `ErrorBoundary`, as the only child of a `Context.Provider`, or as the root value of `renderToString()` / `renderToReadableStream()` from `hono/jsx/dom/server`. Such a string is emitted as markup instead of text. ### Details These paths stringify their input and treat the result as already-escaped HTML, so a plain string passes through unchanged. Notable cases: - `Suspense`: a string child, or a string `fallback` while a child suspends. With streaming, the fallback reaches the browser in the initial chunk. - `ErrorBoundary`: a string child alongside an asynchronous sibling. The all-synchronous case was fixed in 4.11.7 (GHSA-9r54-q6cx-xmh5). - `Context.Provider`: a single string child. Multiple children are escaped. - `hono/jsx/dom/server`: a string, or an array containing strings, passed as the root. A lone `{children}` forwarded by a wrapper component is enough to reach these paths. Strings wrapped in an element, values from `raw()` or the `html` helper, and client-side rendering with `hono/jsx/dom` are not affected. ### Impact An attacker who controls a string rendered in an affected position can inject arbitrary HTML into the server-rendered page, leading to cross-site scripting under the application's origin. This issue affects applications that render untrusted strings directly in one of the positions above during server-side rendering.

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GHSA-hxh3-vqpv-xpqv

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Security context

Source reference: osv:GHSA-hxh3-vqpv-xpqv

hono

Source reference: /affected/0/package/name

Affected versions
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Fixed versions
4.13.7

Source reference: /affected/0/ranges

Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "ranges": [
      {
        "type": "SEMVER",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "4.13.7"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "hono",
      "purl": "pkg:npm/hono",
      "ecosystem": "npm"
    },
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-hxh3-vqpv-xpqv/GHSA-hxh3-vqpv-xpqv.json"
    }
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-93981

Source reference: /aliases

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Event
#51916 · Revision 1
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