chore(deps): update dependency astro to v5.18.1 [security]

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
astro (source)	5.1.10 → 5.18.1

GitHub Vulnerability Alerts

CVE-2025-61925

Summary

When running Astro in on-demand rendering mode using a adapter such as the node adapter it is possible to maliciously send an X-Forwarded-Host header that is reflected when using the recommended Astro.url property as there is no validation that the value is safe.

Details

Astro reflects the value in X-Forwarded-Host in output when using Astro.url without any validation.

It is common for web servers such as nginx to route requests via the Host header, and forward on other request headers. As such as malicious request can be sent with both a Host header and an X-Forwarded-Host header where the values do not match and the X-Forwarded-Host header is malicious. Astro will then return the malicious value.

This could result in any usages of the Astro.url value in code being manipulated by a request. For example if a user follows guidance and uses Astro.url for a canonical link the canonical link can be manipulated to another site. It is not impossible to imagine that the value could also be used as a login/registration or other form URL as well, resulting in potential redirecting of login credentials to a malicious party.

As this is a per-request attack vector the surface area would only be to the malicious user until one considers that having a caching proxy is a common setup, in which case any page which is cached could persist the malicious value for subsequent users.

Many other frameworks have an allowlist of domains to validate against, or do not have a case where the headers are reflected to avoid such issues.

PoC

• Check out the minimal Astro example found here: https://github.com/Chisnet/minimal_dynamic_astro_server
• nvm use
• yarn run build
• node ./dist/server/entry.mjs
• curl --location 'http://localhost:4321/' --header 'X-Forwarded-Host: www.evil.com' --header 'Host: www.example.com'
• Observe that the response reflects the malicious X-Forwarded-Host header

For the more advanced / dangerous attack vector deploy the application behind a caching proxy, e.g. Cloudflare, set a non-zero cache time, perform the above curl request a few times to establish a cache, then perform the request without the malicious headers and observe that the malicious data is persisted.

Impact

This could affect anyone using Astro in an on-demand/dynamic rendering mode behind a caching proxy.

CVE-2025-64525

Summary

In impacted versions of Astro using on-demand rendering, request headers x-forwarded-proto and x-forwarded-port are insecurely used, without sanitization, to build the URL. This has several consequences the most important of which are:

• Middleware-based protected route bypass (only via x-forwarded-proto)
• DoS via cache poisoning (if a CDN is present)
• SSRF (only via x-forwarded-proto)
• URL pollution (potential SXSS, if a CDN is present)
• WAF bypass

Details

The x-forwarded-proto and x-forwarded-port headers are used without sanitization in two parts of the Astro server code. The most important is in the createRequest() function. Any configuration, including the default one, is affected:

https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/970ac0f51172e1e6bff4440516a851e725ac3097/packages/astro/src/core/app/node.ts#L97
https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/970ac0f51172e1e6bff4440516a851e725ac3097/packages/astro/src/core/app/node.ts#L121

These header values are then used directly to construct URLs.

By injecting a payload at the protocol level during URL creation (via the x-forwarded-proto header), the entire URL can be rewritten, including the host, port and path, and then pass the rest of the URL, the real hostname and path, as a query so that it doesn't affect (re)routing.

If the following header value is injected when requesting the path /ssr:

x-forwarded-proto: https://www.malicious-url.com/?tank=

The complete URL that will be created is: https://www.malicious-url.com/?tank=://localhost/ssr

As a reminder, URLs are created like this:

url = new URL(`${protocol}://${hostnamePort}${req.url}`);

The value is injected at the beginning of the string (${protocol}), and ends with a query ?tank= whose value is the rest of the string, ://${hostnamePort}${req.url}.

This way there is control over the routing without affecting the path, and the URL can be manipulated arbitrarily. This behavior can be exploited in various ways, as will be seen in the PoC section.

The same logic applies to x-forwarded-port, with a few differences.

Note

The createRequest function is called every time a non-static page is requested. Therefore, all non-static pages are exploitable for reproducing the attack.

PoC

The PoC will be tested with a minimal repository:

• Latest Astro version at the time (2.16.0)
• The Node adapter
• Two simple pages, one SSR (/ssr), the other simulating an admin page (/admin) protected by a middleware
• A middleware example copied and pasted from the official Astro documentation to protect the admin page based on the path

Download the PoC repository

Middleware-based protected route bypass - x-forwarded-proto only

The middleware has been configured to protect the /admin route based on the official documentation:

// src/middleware.ts
import { defineMiddleware } from "astro/middleware";

export const onRequest = defineMiddleware(async (context, next) => {
  const isAuthed = false; // auth logic
  if (context.url.pathname === "/admin" && !isAuthed) {
    return context.redirect("/");
  }
  return next();
});

1. When tryint to access /admin the attacker is naturally redirected :

   curl -i http://localhost:4321/admin

   

2. The attackr can bypass the middleware path check using a malicious header value:

   curl -i -H "x-forwarded-proto: x:admin?" http://localhost:4321/admin

   

How ​​is this possible?

Here, with the payload x:admin?, the attacker can use the URL API parser to their advantage:

• x: is considered the protocol
• Since there is no //, the parser considers there to be no authority, and everything before the ? character is therefore considered part of the path: admin

During a path-based middleware check, the path value begins with a /: context.url.pathname === "/admin". However, this is not the case with this payload; context.url.pathname === "admin", the absence of a slash satisfies both the middleware check and the router and consequently allows us to bypass the protection and access the page.

SSRF

As seen, the request URL is built from untrusted input via the x-forwarded-protocol header, if it turns out that this URL is subsequently used to perform external network calls, for an API for example, this allows an attacker to supply a malicious URL that the server will fetch, resulting in server-side request forgery (SSRF).

Example of code reusing the "origin" URL, concatenating it to the API endpoint :

DoS via cache poisoning

If a CDN is present, it is possible to force the caching of bad pages/resources, or 404 pages on the application routes, rendering the application unusable.

A 404 cab be forced, causing an error on the /ssr page like this : curl -i -H "x-forwarded-proto: https://localhost/vulnerable?" http://localhost:4321/ssr

Same logic applies to x-forwarded-port : curl -i -H "x-forwarded-port: /vulnerable?" http://localhost:4321/ssr

How ​​is this possible?

The router sees the request for the path /vulnerable, which does not exist, and therefore returns a 404, while the potential CDN sees /ssr and can then cache the 404 response, consequently serving it to all users requesting the path /ssr.

URL pollution

The exploitability of the following is also contingent on the presence of a CDN, and is therefore cache poisoning.

If the value of request.url is used to create links within the page, this can lead to Stored XSS with x-forwarded-proto and the following value:

x-forwarded-proto: javascript:alert(document.cookie)//

results in the following URL object:

It is also possible to inject any link, always, if the value of request.url is used on the server side to create links.

x-forwarded-proto: https://www.malicious-site.com/bad?

The attacker is more limited with x-forwarded-port

If the value of request.url is used to create links within the page, this can lead to broken links, with the header and the following value:

X-Forwarded-Port: /nope?

Example of an Astro website:

WAF bypass

For this section, Astro invites users to read previous research on the React-Router/Remix framework, in the section "Exploitation - WAF bypass and escalations". This research deals with a similar case, the difference being that the vulnerable header was x-forwarded-host in their case:

https://zhero-web-sec.github.io/research-and-things/react-router-and-the-remixed-path

Note: A section addressing DoS attacks via cache poisoning using the same vector was also included there.

CVE-2025-61925 complete bypass

It is possible to completely bypass the vulnerability patch related to the X-Forwarded-Host header.

By sending x-forwarded-host with an empty value, the forwardedHostname variable is assigned an empty string. Then, during the subsequent check, the condition fails because forwardedHostname returns false, its value being an empty string:

if (forwardedHostname && !App.validateForwardedHost(...))

Consequently, the implemented check is bypassed. From this point on, since the request has no host (its value being an empty string), the path value is retrieved by the URL parser to set it as the host. This is because the http/https schemes are considered special schemes by the WHATWG URL Standard Specification, requiring an authority state.

From there, the following request on the example SSR application (astro repo) yields an SSRF:

empty x-forwarded-host + the target host in the path

Credits

• Allam Rachid (zhero;)
• Allam Yasser (inzo)

CVE-2025-64757

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in the Astro framework's development server that allows arbitrary local file read access through the image optimization endpoint. The vulnerability affects Astro development environments and allows remote attackers to read any image file accessible to the Node.js process on the host system.

Details

• Title: Arbitrary Local File Read in Astro Development Image Endpoint
• Type: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
• Component: /packages/astro/src/assets/endpoint/node.ts
• Affected Versions: Astro v5.x development builds (confirmed v5.13.3)
• Attack Vector: Network (HTTP GET request)
• Authentication Required: None

The vulnerability exists in the Node.js image endpoint handler used during development mode. The endpoint accepts an href parameter that specifies the path to an image file. In development mode, this parameter is processed without adequate path validation, allowing attackers to specify absolute file paths.

Vulnerable Code Location: packages/astro/src/assets/endpoint/node.ts

// Vulnerable code in development mode
if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
    fileUrl = pathToFileURL(removeQueryString(replaceFileSystemReferences(src)));
} else {
    // Production has proper path validation
    // ... security checks omitted in dev mode
}

The development branch bypasses the security checks that exist in the production code path, which validates that file paths are within the allowed assets directory.

PoC

Attack Prerequisites

1. Astro development server must be running (astro dev)
2. The /_image endpoint must be accessible to the attacker
3. Target image files must be readable by the Node.js process

Exploit Steps

1. Start Astro Development Server:

   astro dev  # Typically runs on http://localhost:4321

2. Craft Malicious Request:

   GET /_image?href=/[ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_IMAGE]&w=100&h=100&f=png HTTP/1.1
   Host: localhost:4321

3. Example Attack:

   curl "http://localhost:4321/_image?href=/%2FSystem%2FLibrary%2FImage%20Capture%2FAutomatic%20Tasks%2FMakePDF.app%2FContents%2FResources%2F0blank.jpg&w=100&h=100&f=png" -o stolen.png

Demonstration Results

Test Environment: macOS with Astro v5.13.3

Successful Exploitation:

• Target: /System/Library/Image Capture/Automatic Tasks/MakePDF.app/Contents/Resources/0blank.jpg
• Response: HTTP 200 OK, Content-Type: image/png
• Exfiltration: 303 bytes (100x100 PNG)
• File Created: stolen-image.png containing processed system image

Attack Payload:

http://localhost:4321/_image?href=/%2FSystem%2FLibrary%2FImage%20Capture%2FAutomatic%20Tasks%2FMakePDF.app%2FContents%2FResources%2F0blank.jpg&w=100&h=100&f=png

Server Response:

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: image/png
Content-Length: 303

Impact

Confidentiality Impact: HIGH

• Scope: Any image file readable by the Node.js process
• Exfiltration Method: Complete file contents via HTTP response (transformed to PNG)

Integrity Impact: NONE

• The vulnerability only allows reading files, not modification

Availability Impact: NONE

• No direct impact on system availability
• Potential for resource exhaustion through repeated large image requests

Affected Components

Primary Component

• File: packages/astro/src/assets/endpoint/node.ts
• Function: loadLocalImage()
• Lines: Development mode branch (~25-35)

Secondary Components

• File: packages/astro/src/assets/endpoint/generic.ts
• Impact: Uses different code path, not directly vulnerable
• Note: Implements proper remote allowlist validation

CVE-2025-64764

Summary

After some research it appears that it is possible to obtain a reflected XSS when the server islands feature is used in the targeted application, regardless of what was intended by the component template(s).

Details

Server islands run in their own isolated context outside of the page request and use the following pattern path to hydrate the page: /_server-islands/[name]. These paths can be called via GET or POST and use three parameters:

• e: component to export
• p: the transmitted properties, encrypted
• s: for the slots

Slots are placeholders for external HTML content, and therefore allow, by default, the injection of code if the component template supports it, nothing exceptional in principle, just a feature.

This is where it becomes problematic: it is possible, independently of the component template used, even if it is completely empty, to inject a slot containing an XSS payload, whose parent is a tag whose name is is the absolute path of the island file. Enabling reflected XSS on any application, regardless of the component templates used, provided that the server islands is used at least once.

How ?

By default, when a call is made to the endpoint /_server-islands/[name], the value of the parameter e is default, pointing to a function exported by the component's module.

Upon further investigation, we find that two other values ​​are possible for the component export (param e) in a typical configuration: url and file. file returns a string value corresponding to the absolute path of the island file. Since the value is of type string, it fulfills the following condition and leads to this code block:

An entire template is created, completely independently, and then returned:

• the absolute path name is sanitized and then injected as the tag name
• childSlots, the value provided to the s parameter, is injected as a child

All of this is done using markHTMLString. This allows the injection of any XSS payload, even if the component template intended by the application is initially empty or does not provide for the use of slots.

Proof of concept

For our Proof of Concept (PoC), we will use a minimal repository:

• Latest Astro version at the time (5.15.6)
• Use of Island servers, with a completely empty component, to demonstrate what we explained previously

Download the PoC repository

Access the following URL and note the opening of the popup, demonstrating the reflected XSS:

http://localhost:4321/_server-islands/ServerTime?e=file&p=&s={%22zhero%22:%22%3Cimg%20src=x%20onerror=alert(0)%3E%22}

The value of the parameter s must be in JSON format and the payload must be injected at the value level, not the key level :

Despite the initial template being empty, it is created because the value of the URL parameter e is set to file, as explained earlier. The parent tag is the name of the component's internal route, and its child is the value of the key "zhero" (the name doesn't matter) of the URL parameter s.

Credits

• Allam Rachid (zhero;)
• Allam Yasser (inzo)

CVE-2025-64765

A mismatch exists between how Astro normalizes request paths for routing/rendering and how the application’s middleware reads the path for validation checks. Astro internally applies decodeURI() to determine which route to render, while the middleware uses context.url.pathname without applying the same normalization (decodeURI).

This discrepancy may allow attackers to reach protected routes (e.g., /admin) using encoded path variants that pass routing but bypass validation checks.

https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/ebc4b1cde82c76076d5d673b5b70f94be2c066f3/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/request.ts#L40-L44

/** The main logic to route dev server requests to pages in Astro. */
export async function handleRequest({
    pipeline,
    routesList,
    controller,
    incomingRequest,
    incomingResponse,
}: HandleRequest) {
    const { config, loader } = pipeline;
    const origin = `${loader.isHttps() ? 'https' : 'http'}://${
        incomingRequest.headers[':authority'] ?? incomingRequest.headers.host
    }`;

    const url = new URL(origin + incomingRequest.url);
    let pathname: string;
    if (config.trailingSlash === 'never' && !incomingRequest.url) {
        pathname = '';
    } else {
        // We already have a middleware that checks if there's an incoming URL that has invalid URI, so it's safe
        // to not handle the error: packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/base.ts
        pathname = decodeURI(url.pathname); // here this url is for routing/rendering
    }

    // Add config.base back to url before passing it to SSR
    url.pathname = removeTrailingForwardSlash(config.base) + url.pathname; // this is used for middleware context

Consider an application having the following middleware code:

import { defineMiddleware } from "astro/middleware";

export const onRequest = defineMiddleware(async (context, next) => {
  const isAuthed = false;  // simulate no auth
  if (context.url.pathname === "/admin" && !isAuthed) {
    return context.redirect("/");
  }
  return next();
});

context.url.pathname is validated , if it's equal to /admin the isAuthed property must be true for the next() method to be called. The same example can be found in the official docs https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/authentication/

context.url.pathname returns the raw version which is /%61admin while pathname which is used for routing/rendering /admin, this creates a path normalization mismatch.

By sending the following request, it's possible to bypass the middleware check

GET /%61dmin HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:3000

Remediation

Ensure middleware context has the same normalized pathname value that Astro uses internally, because any difference could allow it to bypass such checks. In short maybe something like this

        pathname = decodeURI(url.pathname);
    }

    // Add config.base back to url before passing it to SSR
-    url.pathname = removeTrailingForwardSlash(config.base) + url.pathname;
+    url.pathname = removeTrailingForwardSlash(config.base) + decodeURI(url.pathname);

Thank you, let @​Sudistark know if any more info is needed. Happy to help :)

CVE-2025-65019

Summary
A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Astro when using the @​astrojs/cloudflare adapter with output: 'server'. The built-in image optimization endpoint (/_image) uses isRemoteAllowed() from Astro’s internal helpers, which unconditionally allows data: URLs. When the endpoint receives a valid data: URL pointing to a malicious SVG containing JavaScript, and the Cloudflare-specific implementation performs a 302 redirect back to the original data: URL, the browser directly executes the embedded JavaScript. This completely bypasses any domain allow-listing (image.domains / image.remotePatterns) and typical Content Security Policy mitigations.

Affected Versions

• @astrojs/cloudflare ≤ 12.6.10 (and likely all previous versions)
• Astro ≥ 4.x when used with output: 'server' and the Cloudflare adapter

Root Cause – Vulnerable Code
File: node_modules/@​astrojs/internal-helpers/src/remote.ts

export function isRemoteAllowed(src: string, ...): boolean {
  if (!URL.canParse(src)) {
    return false;
  }
  const url = new URL(src);

  // Data URLs are always allowed 
  if (url.protocol === 'data:') {
    return true;
  }

  // Non-http(s) protocols are never allowed
  if (!['http:', 'https:'].includes(url.protocol)) {
    return false;
  }
  // ... further http/https allow-list checks
}

In the Cloudflare adapter, the /_image endpoint contains logic similar to:

	const href = ctx.url.searchParams.get('href');
	if (!href) {
		// return error 
	}

	if (isRemotePath(href)) {
		if (isRemoteAllowed(href, imageConfig) === false) {
			// return error
		} else {
            //redirect to return the image 
			return Response.redirect(href, 302);
		}
	}

Because data: URLs are considered “allowed”, a request such as:
https://example.com/_image?href=data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2Zy... (base64-encoded malicious SVG)

triggers a 302 redirect directly to the data: URL, causing the browser to render and execute the malicious JavaScript inside the SVG.

Proof of Concept (PoC)

1. Create a minimal Astro project with Cloudflare adapter (output: 'server').
2. Deploy to Cloudflare Pages or Workers.
3. Request the image endpoint with the following payload:

https://yoursite.com/_image?href=data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjxzY3JpcHQ+YWxlcnQoJ3pvbWFzZWMnKTwvc2NyaXB0Pjwvc3ZnPg==

(Base64 decodes to: <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><script>alert('zomasec')</script></svg>)

4. The endpoint returns a 302 redirect to the data: URL → browser executes the <script> → alert() fires.

Impact

• Reflected/Strored XSS (depending on application usage)
• Session hijacking (access to cookies, localStorage, etc.)
• Account takeover when combined with CSRF
• Data exfiltration to attacker-controlled servers
• Bypasses image.domains / image.remotePatterns configuration entirely

Safe vs Vulnerable Behavior
Other Astro adapters (Node, Vercel, etc.) typically proxy and rasterize SVGs, stripping JavaScript. The Cloudflare adapter currently redirects to remote resources (including data: URLs), making it uniquely vulnerable.

References

• Vulnerable function: https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/main/packages/internal-helpers/src/remote.ts
• Similar data: URL bypass in WordPress: CVE-2025-2575

CVE-2025-55303

Summary

In affected versions of astro, the image optimization endpoint in projects deployed with on-demand rendering allows images from unauthorized third-party domains to be served.

Details

On-demand rendered sites built with Astro include an /_image endpoint which returns optimized versions of images.

The /_image endpoint is restricted to processing local images bundled with the site and also supports remote images from domains the site developer has manually authorized (using the image.domains or image.remotePatterns options).

However, a bug in impacted versions of astro allows an attacker to bypass the third-party domain restrictions by using a protocol-relative URL as the image source, e.g. /_image?href=//example.com/image.png.

Proof of Concept

1. Create a new minimal Astro project (astro@5.13.0).

2. Configure it to use the Node adapter (@astrojs/node@9.1.0 — newer versions are not impacted):

   // astro.config.mjs
   import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';
   import node from '@​astrojs/node';
   
   export default defineConfig({
   	adapter: node({ mode: 'standalone' }),
   });

3. Build the site by running astro build.

4. Run the server, e.g. with astro preview.

5. Append /_image?href=//placehold.co/600x400 to the preview URL, e.g. http://localhost:4321/_image?href=//placehold.co/600x400

6. The site will serve the image from the unauthorized placehold.co origin.

Impact

Allows a non-authorized third-party to create URLs on an impacted site’s origin that serve unauthorized image content.
In the case of SVG images, this could include the risk of cross-site scripting (XSS) if a user followed a link to a maliciously crafted SVG.

CVE-2025-66202

Authentication Bypass via Double URL Encoding in Astro

Bypass for CVE-2025-64765 / GHSA-ggxq-hp9w-j794

---

Summary

A double URL encoding bypass allows any unauthenticated attacker to bypass path-based authentication checks in Astro middleware, granting unauthorized access to protected routes. While the original CVE-2025-64765 (single URL encoding) was fixed in v5.15.8, the fix is insufficient as it only decodes once. By using double-encoded URLs like /%2561dmin instead of /%61dmin, attackers can still bypass authentication and access protected resources such as /admin, /api/internal, or any route protected by middleware pathname checks.

Fix

A more secure fix is just decoding once, then if the request has a %xx format, return a 400 error by using something like :

if (containsEncodedCharacters(pathname)) {
            // Multi-level encoding detected - reject request
            return new Response(
                'Bad Request: Multi-level URL encoding is not allowed',
                {
                    status: 400,
                    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' }
                }
            );
        }

CVE-2026-33769

Summary

This issue concerns Astro's remotePatterns path enforcement for remote URLs used by server-side fetchers such as the image optimization endpoint. The path matching logic for /* wildcards is unanchored, so a pathname that contains the allowed prefix later in the path can still match. As a result, an attacker can fetch paths outside the intended allowlisted prefix on an otherwise allowed host. In our PoC, both the allowed path and a bypass path returned 200 with the same SVG payload, confirming the bypass.

Impact

Attackers can fetch unintended remote resources on an allowlisted host via the image endpoint, expanding SSRF/data exposure beyond the configured path prefix.

Description

Taint flow: request -> transform.src -> isRemoteAllowed() -> matchPattern() -> matchPathname()

User-controlled href is parsed into transform.src and validated via isRemoteAllowed():

Source: https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/e0f1a2b3e4bc908bd5e148c698efb6f41a42c8ea/packages/astro/src/assets/endpoint/generic.ts#L43-L56

const url = new URL(request.url);
const transform = await imageService.parseURL(url, imageConfig);

const isRemoteImage = isRemotePath(transform.src);

if (isRemoteImage && isRemoteAllowed(transform.src, imageConfig) === false) {
  return new Response('Forbidden', { status: 403 });
}

isRemoteAllowed() checks each remotePattern via matchPattern():

Source: https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/e0f1a2b3e4bc908bd5e148c698efb6f41a42c8ea/packages/internal-helpers/src/remote.ts#L15-L21

export function matchPattern(url: URL, remotePattern: RemotePattern): boolean {
  return (
    matchProtocol(url, remotePattern.protocol) &&
    matchHostname(url, remotePattern.hostname, true) &&
    matchPort(url, remotePattern.port) &&
    matchPathname(url, remotePattern.pathname, true)
  );
}

The vulnerable logic in matchPathname() uses replace() without anchoring the prefix for /* patterns:

Source: https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/e0f1a2b3e4bc908bd5e148c698efb6f41a42c8ea/packages/internal-helpers/src/remote.ts#L85-L99

} else if (pathname.endsWith('/*')) {
  const slicedPathname = pathname.slice(0, -1); // * length
  const additionalPathChunks = url.pathname
    .replace(slicedPathname, '')
    .split('/')
    .filter(Boolean);
  return additionalPathChunks.length === 1;
}

Vulnerable code flow:

1. isRemoteAllowed() evaluates remotePatterns for a requested URL.
2. matchPathname() handles pathname: "/img/*" using .replace() on the URL path.
3. A path such as /evil/img/secret incorrectly matches because /img/ is removed even when it's not at the start.
4. The image endpoint fetches and returns the remote resource.

PoC

The PoC starts a local attacker server and configures remotePatterns to allow only /img/*. It then requests the image endpoint with two URLs: an allowed path and a bypass path with /img/ in the middle. Both requests returned the SVG payload, showing the path restriction was bypassed.

Vulnerable config

import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';
import node from '@​astrojs/node';

export default defineConfig({
  output: 'server',
  adapter: node({ mode: 'standalone' }),
  image: {
    remotePatterns: [
      { protocol: 'https', hostname: 'cdn.example', pathname: '/img/*' },
      { protocol: 'http', hostname: '127.0.0.1', port: '9999', pathname: '/img/*' },
    ],
  },
});

Affected pages

This PoC targets the /_image endpoint directly; no additional pages are required.

PoC Code

import http.client
import json
import urllib.parse

HOST = "127.0.0.1"
PORT = 4321

def fetch(path: str) -> dict:
    conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(HOST, PORT, timeout=10)
    conn.request("GET", path, headers={"Host": f"{HOST}:{PORT}"})
    resp = conn.getresponse()
    body = resp.read(2000).decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
    conn.close()
    return {
        "path": path,
        "status": resp.status,
        "reason": resp.reason,
        "headers": dict(resp.getheaders()),
        "body_snippet": body[:400],
    }

allowed = urllib.parse.quote("http://127.0.0.1:9999/img/allowed.svg", safe="")
bypass = urllib.parse.quote("http://127.0.0.1:9999/evil/img/secret.svg", safe="")

# Both pass, second should fail

results = {
    "allowed": fetch(f"/_image?href={allowed}&f=svg"),
    "bypass": fetch(f"/_image?href={bypass}&f=svg"),
}

print(json.dumps(results, indent=2))

Attacker server

from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer

HOST = "127.0.0.1"
PORT = 9999

PAYLOAD = """<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\">
  <text>OK</text>
</svg>
"""

class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        print(f">>> {self.command} {self.path}")
        if self.path.endswith(".svg") or "/img/" in self.path:
            self.send_response(200)
            self.send_header("Content-Type", "image/svg+xml")
            self.send_header("Cache-Control", "no-store")
            self.end_headers()
            self.wfile.write(PAYLOAD.encode("utf-8"))
            return

        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
        self.end_headers()
        self.wfile.write(b"ok")

    def log_message(self, format, *args):
        return

if __name__ == "__main__":
    server = HTTPServer((HOST, PORT), Handler)
    print(f"HTTP logger listening on http://{HOST}:{PORT}")
    server.serve_forever()

PoC Steps

1. Bootstrap default Astro project.
2. Add the vulnerable config and attacker server.
3. Build the project.
4. Start the attacker server.
5. Start the Astro server.
6. Run the PoC.
7. Observe the console output showing both the allowed and bypass requests returning the SVG payload.

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Release Notes

withastro/astro (astro)

v5.18.1

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Patch Changes

• Updated dependencies [c2cd371]:
  • @​astrojs/internal-helpers@​0.7.6
  • @​astrojs/markdown-remark@​6.3.11

v5.18.0

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Minor Changes

• #​15589 b7dd447 Thanks @​qzio! - Adds a new security.actionBodySizeLimit option to configure the maximum size of Astro Actions request bodies.

  This lets you increase the default 1 MB limit when your actions need to accept larger payloads. For example, actions that handle file uploads or large JSON payloads can now opt in to a higher limit.

  If you do not set this option, Astro continues to enforce the 1 MB default to help prevent abuse.

  // astro.config.mjs
  export default defineConfig({
    security: {
      actionBodySizeLimit: 10 * 1024 * 1024, // set to 10 MB
    },
  });

Patch Changes

• #​15594 efae11c Thanks @​qzio! - Fix X-Forwarded-Proto validation when allowedDomains includes both protocol and hostname fields. The protocol check no longer fails due to hostname mismatch against the hardcoded test URL.

v5.17.3

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Patch Changes

• #​15564 522f880 Thanks @​matthewp! - Add a default body size limit for server actions to prevent oversized requests from exhausting memory.

• #​15569 e01e98b Thanks @​matthewp! - Respect image allowlists when inferring remote image sizes and reject remote redirects.

v5.17.2

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Patch Changes

• c13b536 Thanks @​matthewp! - Improves Host header handling for SSR deployments behind proxies

v5.17.1

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Patch Changes

• #​15334 d715f1f Thanks @​florian-lefebvre! - BREAKING CHANGE to the experimental Fonts API only

  Removes the getFontBuffer() helper function exported from astro:assets when using the experimental Fonts API

  This experimental feature introduced in v15.6.13 ended up causing significant memory usage during build. This feature has been removed and will be reintroduced after further exploration and testing.

  If you were relying on this function, you can replicate the previous behavior manually:

  • On prerendered routes, read the file using node:fs
  • On server rendered routes, fetch files using URLs from fontData and context.url

v5.17.0

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Minor Changes

• #​14932 b19d816 Thanks @​patrickarlt! - Adds support for returning a Promise from the parser() option of the file() loader

  This enables you to run asynchronous code such as fetching remote data or using async parsers when loading files with the Content Layer API.

  For example:

  import { defineCollection } from 'astro:content';
  import { file } from 'astro/loaders';
  
  const blog = defineCollection({
    loader: file('src/data/blog.json', {
      parser: async (text) => {
        const data = JSON.parse(text);
  
        // Perform async operations like fetching additional data
        const enrichedData = await fetch(`https://api.example.com/enrich`, {
          method: 'POST',
          body: JSON.stringify(data),
        }).then((res) => res.json());
  
        return enrichedData;
      },
    }),
  });
  
  export const collections = { blog };

  See the parser() reference documentation for more information.

• #​15171 f220726 Thanks @​mark-ignacio! - Adds a new, optional kernel configuration option to select a resize algorithm in the Sharp image service

  By default, Sharp resizes images with the lanczos3 kernel. This new config option allows you to set the default resizing algorithm to any resizing option supported by Sharp (e.g. linear, mks2021).

  Kernel selection can produce quite noticeable differences depending on various characteristics of the source image - especially drawn art - so changing the kernel gives you more control over the appearance of images on your site:

  export default defineConfig({
    image: {
      service: {
        entrypoint: 'astro/assets/services/sharp',
        config: {
          kernel: "mks2021"
        }
    }
  })

  This selection will apply to all images on your site, and is not yet configurable on a per-image basis. For more information, see Sharps documentation on resizing images.

• #​15063 08e0fd7 Thanks @​jmortlock! - Adds a new partitioned option when setting a cookie to allow creating partitioned cookies.

  Partitioned cookies can only be read within the context of the top-level site on which they were set. This allows cross-site tracking to be blocked, while still enabling legitimate uses of third-party cookies.

  You can create a partitioned cookie by passing partitioned: true when setting a cookie. Note that partitioned cookies must also be set with secure: true:

  Astro.cookies.set('my-cookie', 'value', {
    partitioned: true,
    secure: true,
  });

  For more information, see the AstroCookieSetOptions API reference.

• #​15022 f1fce0e Thanks @​ascorbic! - Adds a new retainBody option to the glob() loader to allow reducing the size of the data store.

  Currently, the glob() loader stores the raw body of each content file in the entry, in addition to the rendered HTML.

  The retainBody option defaults to true, but you can set it to false to prevent the raw body of content files from being stored in the data store. This significantly reduces the deployed size of the data store and helps avoid hitting size limits for sites with very large collections.

  The rendered body will still be available in the entry.rendered.html property for markdown files, and the entry.filePath property will still point to the original file.

  import { defineCollection } from 'astro:content';
  import { glob } from 'astro/loaders';
  
  const blog = defineCollection({
    loader: glob({
      pattern: '**/*.md',
      base: './src/content/blog',
      retainBody: false,
    }),
  });

  When retainBody is false, entry.body will be undefined instead of containing the raw file contents.

• #​15153 928529f Thanks @​jcayzac! - Adds a new background property to the <Image /> component.

  This optional property lets you pass a background color to flatten the image with. By default, Sharp uses a black background when flattening an image that is being converted to a format that does not support transparency (e.g. jpeg). Providing a value for background on an <Image /> component, or passing it to the getImage() helper, will flatten images using that color instead.

  This is especially useful when the requested output format doesn't support an alpha channel (e.g. jpeg) and can't support transparent backgrounds.

  ---
  import { Image } from 'astro:assets';
  ---
  
  <Image
    src="/transparent.png"
    alt="A JPEG with a white background!"
    format="jpeg"
    background="#ffffff"
  />

  See more about this new property in the image reference docs

• #​15015 54f6006 Thanks @​tony! - Adds optional placement config option for the dev toolbar.

  You can now configure the default toolbar position ('bottom-left', 'bottom-center', or 'bottom-right') via devToolbar.placement in your Astro config. This option is helpful for sites with UI elements (chat widgets, cookie banners) that are consistently obscured by the toolbar in the dev environment.

  You can set a project default that is consistent across environments (e.g. dev machines, browser instances, team members):

  // astro.config.mjs
  export default defineConfig({
    devToolbar: {
      placement: 'bottom-left',
    },
  });

  User preferences from the toolbar UI (stored in localStorage) still take priority, so this setting can be overridden in individual situations as necessary.

v5.16.16

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Patch Changes

• #​15281 a1b80c6 Thanks @​matthewp! - Ensures server island requests carry an encrypted component export identifier so they do not accidentally resolve to the wrong component.

• #​15304 02ee3c7 Thanks @​cameronapak! - Fix: Remove await from getActionResult example

• #​15324 ab41c3e Thanks @​Princesseuh! - Fixes an issue where certain unauthorized links could be rendered as clickable in the error overlay

v5.16.15

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Patch Changes

• #​15286 0aafc83 Thanks @​florian-lefebvre! - Fixes a case where font providers provided as class instances may not work when using the experimental Fonts API. It affected the local provider

v5.16.14

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Patch Changes

• #​15213 c775fce Thanks @​florian-lefebvre! - BREAKING CHANGE to the experimental Fonts API only

  Updates how the local provider must be used when using the experimental Fonts API

  Previously, there were 2 kinds of font providers: remote and local.

  Font providers are now unified. If you are using the local provider, the process for configuring local fonts must be updated:

  -import { defineConfig } from "astro/config";
  +import { defineConfig, fontProviders } from "astro/config";
  
  export default defineConfig({
      experimental: {
          fonts: [{
              name: "Custom",
              cssVariable: "--font-custom",
  -            provider: "local",
  +            provider: fontProviders.local(),
  +            options: {
              variants: [
                  {
                      weight: 400,
                      style: "normal",
                      src: ["./src/assets/fonts/custom-400.woff2"]
                  },
                  {
                      weight: 700,
                      style: "normal",
                      src: ["./src/assets/fonts/custom-700.woff2"]
                  }
                  // ...
              ]
  +            }
          }]
      }
  });

  Once configured, there is no change to using local fonts in your project. However, you should inspect your deployed site to confirm that your new font configuration is being applied.

  See the experimental Fonts API docs for more information.

• #​15213 c775fce Thanks @​florian-lefebvre! - Exposes root on FontProvider init() context

  When building a custom FontProvider for the experimental Fonts API, the init() method receives a context. This context now exposes a root URL, useful for resolving local files:

  import type { FontProvider } from "astro";
  
  export function registryFontProvider(): FontProvider {
    return {
      // ...
  -    init: async ({ storage }) => {
  +    init: async ({ storage, root }) => {
          // ...
      },
    };
  }

• #​15185 edabeaa Thanks @​EricGrill! - Add .vercel to .gitignore when adding the Vercel adapter via astro add vercel

v5.16.13

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Patch Changes

• #​15182 cb60ee1 Thanks @​florian-lefebvre! - Adds a new getFontBuffer() method to retrieve font file buffers when using the experimental Fonts API

  The getFontData() helper function from astro:assets was introduced in 5.14.0 to provide access to font family data for use outside of Astro. One of the goals of this API was to be able to retrieve buffers using URLs.

  However, it turned out to be impactical and even impossible during prerendering.

  Astro now exports a new getFontBuffer() helper function from astro:assets to retrieve font file buffers from URL returned by getFontData(). For example, when using satori to generate OpenGraph images:

  // src/pages/og.png.ts
  
  import type{ APIRoute } from "astro"
  -import { getFontData } from "astro:assets"
  +import { getFontData, getFontBuffer } from "astro:assets"
  import satori from "satori"
  
  export const GET: APIRoute = (context) => {
    const data = getFontData("--font-roboto")
  
    const svg = await satori(
      <div style={{ color: "black" }}>hello, world</div>,
      {
        width: 600,
        height: 400,
        fonts: [
          {
            name: "Roboto",
  -          data: await fetch(new URL(data[0].src[0].url, context.url.origin)).then(res => res.arrayBuffer()),
  +          data: await getFontBuffer(data[0].src[0].url),
            weight: 400,
            style: "normal",
          },
        ],
      },
    )
  
    // ...
  }

  See the experimental Fonts API documentation for more information.

v5.16.12

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Patch Changes

• #​15175 47ae148 Thanks @​florian-lefebvre! - Allows experimental Font providers to specify family options

  Previously, an Astro FontProvider could only accept options at the provider level when called. That could result in weird data structures for family-specific options.

  Astro FontProviders can now declare family-specific options, by specifying a generic:

  // font-provider.ts
  import type { FontProvider } from "astro";
  import { retrieveFonts, type Fonts } from "./utils.js",
  
  interface Config {
    token: string;
  }
  
  +interface FamilyOptions {
  +    minimal?: boolean;
  +}
  
  -export function registryFontProvider(config: Config): FontProvider {
  +export function registryFontProvider(config:
  

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