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GHSA-frvp-7c67-39w9

Node.js Adapter for Hono: Path traversal in `serve-static` on Windows via encoded backslash (`%5C`)

Quick fix

GHSA-frvp-7c67-39w9 — @hono/node-server: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install @hono/node-server@2.0.5

Details

The same as the `hono` core [Path traversal in `serve-static` on Windows via encoded backslash (`%5C`)](https://github.com/honojs/hono/security/advisories/GHSA-wwfh-h76j-fc44).

### Summary

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. Directory escape (`..`) remains blocked.

### Details

The router splits paths only on `/`, so `/admin%5Csecret.txt` is one segment and middleware on `/admin/*` does not run. The `serve-static` guard rejects `.`/`..` and consecutive separators but lets a lone `\` through; on Windows the file resolver re-splits it into the protected subtree.

This affects Windows hosts serving static files via the Node, Bun, or Deno adapters that guard a static subtree with prefix-mounted middleware.

### Impact

An unauthenticated attacker can read static files under a middleware-guarded prefix on Windows hosts. The read stays within the configured root; escape outside the root is not possible.

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Affected packages

npm / @hono/node-server
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 2.0.5
Fix npm install @hono/node-server@2.0.5

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