# CVE-2026-44455: Hono: Unvalidated JSX Tag Names in hono/jsx May Allow HTML Injection

- Also known as: GHSA-69XW-7HCM-H432
- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.12.16
- Published: 2026-05-13 · Updated: 2026-05-14

## Affected

- honojs hono: fixed in 4.12.16
- hono (npm): fixed in 4.12.16

## Description

Hono is a Web application framework that provides support for any JavaScript runtime. Prior to 4.12.16, Improper handling of JSX element tag names in hono/jsx allowed unvalidated tag names to be directly inserted into the generated HTML output. When untrusted input is used as a tag name via the programmatic jsx() or createElement() APIs during server-side rendering, specially crafted values may break out of the intended element context and inject unintended HTML. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.12.16.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on honojs hono, hono, upgrade to a fixed version (4.12.16) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/honojs/hono/security/advisories/GHSA-69xw-7hcm-h432

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