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Hono: `memo()` retains SSR output across requests, leading to cross-user data disclosure

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 3, 2026 in honojs/hono • Updated Aug 7, 2026

Package

npm hono (npm)

Affected versions

>= 3.8.0, < 4.12.34

Patched versions

4.12.34

Description

Summary

memo() from hono/jsx retains the result of a server-side render and reuses it for later renders with comparator-equal props. Request-scoped values read inside the component take no part in that comparison, so a response can contain HTML rendered for another user's request.

Details

Components wrapped with memo() are compared by props alone. Values read implicitly during rendering do not participate: JSX Context through createContext() and useContext(), useRequestContext() from hono/jsx-renderer, and getContext() from hono/context-storage. The retained result lives as long as the wrapped component, so it outlives the request that produced it.

Per-request context isolation is not what fails: the current request's values are established correctly, but the memoized component is skipped before anything reads them.

This issue arises when a component wrapped in memo() obtains user- or request-specific data from an ambient context instead of through props.

Impact

A user may receive a response containing HTML rendered for another user, when both render the same memoized component with comparator-equal props on the same warm instance.

This may lead to:

  • Disclosure of another user's account or profile data
  • Disclosure of request-scoped secrets embedded in HTML, such as CSRF tokens
  • Exposure of role-specific content to users who should not receive it

Exploitation depends on the order in which renders populate the retained value and on both requests reaching the same warm instance.

This issue affects applications that render with hono/jsx on the server and wrap a component reading ambient request state in memo(). Applications that pass all request-specific values through props, or that do not use memo(), are unaffected. Client-side rendering is unaffected.

References

@yusukebe yusukebe published to honojs/hono Aug 3, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 7, 2026
Reviewed Aug 7, 2026
Last updated Aug 7, 2026

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(6th percentile)

Weaknesses

Exposure of Data Element to Wrong Session

The product does not sufficiently enforce boundaries between the states of different sessions, causing data to be provided to, or used by, the wrong session. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-71850

GHSA ID

GHSA-f23p-vx2j-j53r

Source code

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