# CVE-2024-23641: Sending a GET or HEAD request with a body crashes SvelteKit

- Also known as: GHSA-G5M6-HXPP-FC49
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.4.3, 2.1.2, 3.0.3, 4.0.1
- Published: 2024-01-24 · Updated: 2024-11-13

## Affected

- sveltejs kit: from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.4.3; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.2; from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.0.3
- @sveltejs/kit (npm): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.4.3
- @sveltejs/adapter-node (npm): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.2
- @sveltejs/adapter-node (npm): from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.0.3
- @sveltejs/adapter-node (npm): from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.1

## Description

SvelteKit is a web development kit. In SvelteKit 2, sending a GET request with a body eg `{}` to a built and previewed/hosted sveltekit app throws `Request with GET/HEAD method cannot have body.` and crashes the preview/hosting. After this happens, one must manually restart the app. `TRACE` requests will also cause the app to crash. Prerendered pages and SvelteKit 1 apps are not affected. `@sveltejs/adapter-node` versions 2.1.2, 3.0.3, and 4.0.1 and `@sveltejs/kit` version 2.4.3 contain a patch for this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sveltejs kit, @sveltejs/kit, @sveltejs/adapter-node, upgrade to a fixed version (2.4.3, 2.1.2, 3.0.3, 4.0.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/security/advisories/GHSA-g5m6-hxpp-fc49
- https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/commit/af34142631c876a7eb62ff81f71e8a3f90dafee9

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