CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-119201

MediumCVSS 4.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

In Nuxt from 4.6.0 until 4.6.3, the development server stores a generated appSecret in <buildDir>/app-secret (by default .nuxt/app-secret) within a directory allowed by Vite's server.fs configuration. A client with direct HTTP access to an exposed development server can fetch the file, use deriveSecret() to compute derived secrets such as the default useSession password, and forge session cookies accepted by that server. The default localhost binding limits remote exposure, production builds and servers with an explicitly configured appSecret are not affected. This is fixed in version 4.6.3.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with network access to the development server could hijack sessions and impersonate users if the server is exposed beyond localhost. The risk mainly affects publicly exposed development environments.

Recommendation

Upgrade Nuxt to version 4.6.3 or later. Do not expose the development server beyond localhost and consider explicitly setting appSecret in the configuration.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Nuxt is an open-source web development framework for Vue.js. From 4.6.0 until 4.6.3, nuxt dev stores a generated appSecret in <buildDir>/app-secret, by default .nuxt/app-secret, within a directory allowed by Vite's server.fs configuration. A client with direct HTTP access to an exposed development server can fetch the file, use deriveSecret() to compute derived secrets such as the default useSession password, and forge session cookies accepted by that development server. The default localhost binding limits remote exposure, cross-origin browser reads are blocked, production builds and development servers with an explicitly configured appSecret are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 4.6.3.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS