# CVE-2026-54298: Astro: XSS via Unescaped Attribute Names in Spread Props

- Also known as: GHSA-JRPJ-WCV7-9FH9
- Severity: CVSS 4.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.4.6
- Published: 2026-06-22 · Updated: 2026-06-23

## Affected

- withastro astro: fixed in 6.4.6
- astro (npm): fixed in 6.4.6

## Description

Astro is a web framework. Prior to 6.4.6, the spreadAttributes function in Astro's server-side rendering pipeline iterates over object keys and passes them directly to addAttribute, which interpolates the key into the HTML output without escaping. When a developer uses the spread syntax {...props} on an HTML element and the object keys come from an untrusted source (API, CMS, URL parameters), an attacker can inject arbitrary HTML attributes including event handlers like onmousemove, onclick, or break out of the attribute context entirely to inject new elements. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.4.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on withastro astro, astro, upgrade to a fixed version (6.4.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/withastro/astro/security/advisories/GHSA-jrpj-wcv7-9fh9

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