# CVE-2026-119201: Nuxt dev server exposes generated appSecret through Vite file serving

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-113372, GHSA-3XF4-9G3C-4H4W
- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.6.3
- Published: 2026-10-29 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

Nuxt, a Vue.js web development framework, is affected when its development server (`nuxt dev`) is reachable over the network, because it can expose a generated secret file that lets an attacker forge session cookies accepted by that dev server. Production builds and dev servers with a manually configured secret are not affected, and the default localhost binding and browser cross-origin protections limit exposure.

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## Affected

- nuxt: from 4.6.0, fixed in 4.6.3

## Description

Nuxt is an open-source web development framework for Vue.js. From 4.6.0 until 4.6.3, nuxt dev stores a generated appSecret in <buildDir>/app-secret, by default .nuxt/app-secret, within a directory allowed by Vite's server.fs configuration. A client with direct HTTP access to an exposed development server can fetch the file, use deriveSecret() to compute derived secrets such as the default useSession password, and forge session cookies accepted by that development server. The default localhost binding limits remote exposure, cross-origin browser reads are blocked, production builds and development servers with an explicitly configured appSecret are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 4.6.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nuxt, upgrade to a fixed version (4.6.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/security/advisories/GHSA-3xf4-9g3c-4h4w
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/commit/2981290f36d9c5412c022758f3d89ba21a845308
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/commit/545004cc350be7003dea4116ce6206d6f980b1fd
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/releases/tag/v4.6.3

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