# CVE-2026-59897: Hono: API Gateway v1 adapter can drop a distinct repeated request header value during de-duplication

- Also known as: GHSA-XGM2-5F3F-MVVC
- 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: 4.12.27
- Published: 2026-07-08 · Updated: 2026-07-09

## Affected

- honojs hono: from 4.3.3, fixed in 4.12.27
- hono (npm): from 4.3.3, fixed in 4.12.27

## Description

Hono is a Web application framework that provides support for any JavaScript runtime. From 4.3.3 before 4.12.27, the AWS API Gateway v1 adapter can drop a distinct repeated request header value because it de-duplicates values using a substring comparison instead of an exact match, so middleware or application logic that depends on the complete X-Forwarded-For chain, rate limiting, audit logging, or proxy-chain validation can receive incomplete data. This issue is fixed in version 4.12.27.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on honojs hono, hono, upgrade to a fixed version (4.12.27) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/honojs/hono/security/advisories/GHSA-xgm2-5f3f-mvvc
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/commit/aa921770d09bc35970362d5a2630a878f6d982fd
- https://github.com/honojs/hono/releases/tag/v4.12.27

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