GHSA-whqg-ppgf-wp8c
Astro has an Authentication Bypass via Double URL Encoding, a bypass for CVE-2025-64765
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Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
# Authentication Bypass via Double URL Encoding in Astro
## Bypass for CVE-2025-64765 / GHSA-ggxq-hp9w-j794
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### Summary
A **double URL encoding bypass** allows any unauthenticated attacker to bypass path-based authentication checks in Astro middleware, granting unauthorized access to protected routes. While the original CVE-2025-64765 (single URL encoding) was fixed in v5.15.8, the fix is insufficient as it only decodes once. By using double-encoded URLs like `/%2561dmin` instead of `/%61dmin`, attackers can still bypass authentication and access protected resources such as `/admin`, `/api/internal`, or any route protected by middleware pathname checks.
## Fix
A more secure fix is just decoding once, then if the request has a %xx format, return a 400 error by using something like :
```
if (containsEncodedCharacters(pathname)) {
// Multi-level encoding detected - reject request
return new Response(
'Bad Request: Multi-level URL encoding is not allowed',
{
status: 400,
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' }
}
);
}
```
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/security/advisories/GHSA-ggxq-hp9w-j794
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/security/advisories/GHSA-whqg-ppgf-wp8c
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64765
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66202
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/commit/6f800813516b07bbe12c666a92937525fddb58ce
- https://github.com/withastro/astro