CVE-2026-50146

Astro: Reflected XSS via unescaped slot name

Published

2026-06-16

Modified

2026-08-12

EPSS percentile

19%

Aliases

GHSA-8hv8-536x-4wqp

Sources

github-advisory

Summary

## Summary When a component uses a `client:*` directive, Astro inserts named slot content into a `data-astro-template` attribute without HTML escaping the slot name allowing an attacker to break out of the attribute context and inject arbitrary HTML, resulting in reflected XSS during SSR. This is similar to GHSA-wrwg-2hg8-v723 but exploits a different injection point. ## Vulnerable Code `packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/component.ts:371:376` ```ts // component.ts:371 ` ${children[key]} ` ``` I found that key is interpolated directly into the attribute value without proper escaping. ## Proof of Concept For the PoC, I set up with a minimal repository with Astro 6.3.1, Node.js: v26.0.0. **`astro.config.mjs`** ```js import react from '@astrojs/react'; import node from '@astrojs/node'; import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config'; export default defineConfig({ output: 'server', adapter: node({ mode: 'standalone' }), integrations: [react()], }); ``` **`src/pages/index.astro`** ```astro --- import Wrapper from '../components/Wrapper.jsx'; const slotName = Astro.url.searchParams.get('tab') ?? 'default'; --- content ``` **`src/components/Wrapper.jsx`** ```jsx export default function Wrapper() { return null; } ``` **Payload:** ``` abc"> This will render in html. ```html content ``` ## Fix I suggest leveraging the existing escape function on the slot name. ```ts // component.ts:371 ` ${children[key]} ` ``` ---

Affected packages

Remediation: Upgrade to 6.3.3 or later.

References

• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8hv8-536x-4wqp