@astrojs/node: Backslash-prefixed paths not recognized as internal by trailing-slash redirect
### Impact With `trailingSlash: 'always'` configured, the `@astrojs/node` standalone server's static file handler appends a trailing slash to request paths and issues a `301` redirect. Paths beginning with `/\` (slash-backslash) were not recognized as internal paths, so the handler would echo the raw path back in the `Location` header. Because browsers treat `\` as `/` per the WHATWG URL specification, the resulting redirect could resolve to an external host. **Preconditions:** - `trailingSlash: 'always'` must be set (non-default; the default is `'ignore'`) - The request path must not have a file extension in its final segment - An attacker must deliver the crafted link to a user ### Patches Fixed by treating backslash-prefixed paths the same as `//`-prefixed paths in `isInternalPath()`, so they are no longer rewritten with a trailing slash. ### Workarounds Use the default `trailingSlash: 'ignore'` setting, which does not issue trailing-slash redirects in the static file handler. ### References - [WHATWG URL spec: backslash normalization](https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#url-parsing)
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-59730US | — | — | ||
Astro is a web framework for content-driven websites. In versions 8.1.0 through 11.0.1, when trailingSlash: 'always' is configured, the @astrojs/node standalone server's static fil… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/withastro/astroPACKAGE
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/commit/eb6f97e391ee587747e37609c255c7cd4b9cce3cWEB
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/pull/17252WEB
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/releases/tag/@astrojs/node@11.0.2WEB
- https://github.com/withastro/astro/security/advisories/GHSA-r557-wffq-wvrcWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59730ADVISORY
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