Vite: `server.fs.deny` bypassed with queries (CVE-2026-118662)
Published Last modified Sources: OSV, Hersteller, CVE.org
What is affected, what to do
Update vite to version 6.4.5.
- Affected
- Vitejs
gte 6.4.4, < 6.4.5..*
- Vitejs
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Metrics
6.9
Priority
XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.
Source: Vendor (CNA), CVSS v4
6.9
CVSS v4
Severity Medium on the scale from 0 to 10.
Source: OSV, Hersteller, CVE.org
0.3 %
EPSS score
Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 22.2
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- Severity
- Medium
Priority (0–325)
The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?
Read in glossary- 68.42 Methodology
Exploit maturity
An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.
Read in glossary- no public PoC known
XIEM Effective CVSS
XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.
Read in glossary- 6.9 Methodology
CVSS v4
CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.
Read in glossary- 6.9
EPSS score
The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.
Read in glossary- 0.3 %
- Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
EPSS percentile
The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.
Read in glossary- 22.2
- Elevated — this CVE ranks above at least 10% of all CVEs scored today.
KEV status
The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.
Read in glossary- —
- Published
CWE
CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.
Read in glossary- CWE-180, CWE-284
Detection rules
No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.
Classification under NIS2 and CRA
Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.
NIS2
NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.
Read in glossary- Handle the vulnerability in regular vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2.
CRA
The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.
Read in glossary- From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.
Read in glossary- Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.
Description
Summary
The contents of files that are specified by server.fs.deny can be returned to the browser. This is the same as https://github.com/vitejs/vite/security/advisories/GHSA-v2wj-q39q-566r.
Impact
Only apps that match the following conditions are affected:
- explicitly exposes the Vite dev server to the network (using
--hostorserver.hostconfig option) - the sensitive file exists in the allowed directories specified by
server.fs.allow - the sensitive file is denied with a pattern that matches a file by
server.fs.deny
Details
On the Vite dev server, files that should be blocked by server.fs.deny (e.g., .env, *.crt) can be retrieved with HTTP 200 responses when query parameters such as ?raw, ?import&raw, or ?import&url&inline are appended.
For the fix for https://github.com/vitejs/vite/security/advisories/GHSA-rq7h-c2jc-7f22, v6.4.4 back-ported https://github.com/vitejs/vite/pull/20410. But while that PR requires https://github.com/vitejs/vite/pull/22160 for https://github.com/vitejs/vite/security/advisories/GHSA-v2wj-q39q-566r, https://github.com/vitejs/vite/pull/22160 wasn't back-ported together causing v6 vulnerable to https://github.com/vitejs/vite/security/advisories/GHSA-v2wj-q39q-566r.
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities), GitHub Security Advisories, NVD (NIST), cvelistv5
Affected products
The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.
| Affected versions | Fixed in | ||
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| vitejs | vite |
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| npm | vite |
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Vendors and products
Weakness classes (CWE)
CWE-180Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize
Variant
The product validates input before it is canonicalized, which prevents the product from detecting data that becomes invalid after the canonicalization step.
Entry at MITRE CWE-180CWE-284Improper Access Control
Pillar
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
Entry at MITRE CWE-284
References & sources
- github.comvitejs/vite/commit/91e40d7bf9777057bbd31c3eb036a54c9465697ex_refsource_MISC, web
- github.comvitejs/vite/pull/22160x_refsource_MISC, web
- github.comvitejs/vite/pull/23855x_refsource_MISC, web
- github.comvitejs/vite/releases/tag/v6.4.5x_refsource_MISC, web
- github.comvitejs/vite/security/advisories/GHSA-8g5g-mxqh-grgjx_refsource_CONFIRM, web
- NVD (NIST)vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118662advisory
- github.comvitejs/vitepackage
Changes to this CVE
Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).
ReceivedGitHub
CVSS V4.0: AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness type: CWE-284, CWE-180
Description added or changed
Show 10 original changes
Individual changes of this event as published by NVD Type Action Before After Description added —Vite is a frontend tooling framework for JavaScript. From 6.4.4 until 6.4.5, the Vite development server can evaluate server.fs.deny before stripping loader query parameters such as ?raw, ?import&raw, or ?import&url&inline. When the development server is exposed to the network and a sensitive file is inside server.fs.allow but matched by server.fs.deny, an unauthenticated attacker can append one of these queries and retrieve the denied file. This issue is fixed in version 6.4.5.CVSS added —AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XWeakness type (CWE) added —CWE-284Weakness type (CWE) added —CWE-180Affected versions (publisher) added —New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/118xxx/CVE-2026-118662.json">CVE-2026-118662</a>Reference added —https://github.com/vitejs/vite/commit/91e40d7bf9777057bbd31c3eb036a54c9465697eReference added —https://github.com/vitejs/vite/pull/22160Reference added —https://github.com/vitejs/vite/pull/23855Reference added —https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v6.4.5Reference added —https://github.com/vitejs/vite/security/advisories/GHSA-8g5g-mxqh-grgjSource identifier: security-advisories@github.com
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