Answer in brief
CVE-2026-56762 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in Hono missing validation of cookie name on write path in setCookie(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps hono (npm), hono (npm). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps hono (npm), hono (npm). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| hononpm | <4.12.12 | 4.12.12 |
| hononpm | >=0 <4.12.12 | 4.12.12 |
Published upstream
Apr 8, 2026
Evidence: source:ghsa:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 24, 2026
Evidence: source:ghsa:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 23, 2026
## Summary Cookie names are not validated on the write path when using `setCookie()`, `serialize()`, or `serializeSigned()` to generate Set-Cookie headers. While certain cookie attributes such as domain and path are validated, the cookie name itself may contain invalid characters. This results in inconsistent handling of cookie names between parsing (read path) and serialization (write path). ## Details When applications use `setCookie()`, `serialize()`, or `serializeSigned()` with a user-controlled cookie name, invalid values (e.g., containing control characters such as `\r` or `\n`) can be used to construct malformed `Set-Cookie` header values. For example: ``` Set-Cookie: legit X-Injected: evil=value ``` However, in modern runtimes such as Node.js and Cloudflare Workers, such invalid header values are rejected and result in a runtime error before the response is sent. As a result, the reported header injection / response splitting behavior could not be reproduced in these environments. ## Impact Applications that pass untrusted input as the cookie name to `setCookie()`, `serialize()`, or `serializeSigned()` may encounter runtime errors due to invalid header values. In tested environments, malformed `Set-Cookie` headers are rejected before being sent, and the reported header injection behavior could not be reproduced. This issue primarily affects correctness and robustness rather than introducing a confirmed exploitable vulnerability.
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