# CVE-2026-27700: Hono is Vulnerable to Authentication Bypass by IP Spoofing in AWS Lambda ALB conninfo

- Also known as: GHSA-XH87-MX6M-69F3
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.12.2
- Published: 2026-02-25 · Updated: 2026-02-27

## Affected

- honojs hono: from 4.12.0, fixed in 4.12.2
- hono (npm): from 4.12.0, fixed in 4.12.2

## Description

Hono is a Web application framework that provides support for any JavaScript runtime. In versions 4.12.0 and 4.12.1, when using the AWS Lambda adapter (`hono/aws-lambda`) behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB), the `getConnInfo()` function incorrectly selected the first value from the `X-Forwarded-For` header. Because AWS ALB appends the real client IP address to the end of the `X-Forwarded-For` header, the first value can be attacker-controlled. This could allow IP-based access control mechanisms (such as the `ipRestriction` middleware) to be bypassed. Version 4.12.2 patches the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on honojs hono, hono, upgrade to a fixed version (4.12.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/honojs/hono/security/advisories/GHSA-xh87-mx6m-69f3
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/commit/41adbf56e252c04611f8972364ac0887ae07a4c7
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.2

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