Nuxt: Unauthenticated CPU exhaustion parsing and hashing the Nuxt island endpoint body before hash validation
### Impact The internal island renderer endpoint (`/__nuxt_island/...`) decodes and hashes attacker-controlled request input before it validates the URL-resident hash. An unauthenticated `POST /__nuxt_island/<name>_<anything>.json` with a large JSON body (for example ~4.6 MB / 150k keys) is fully read, `destr`-parsed, and run through `ohash` before the request is rejected with a 400. Because Nitro runs on a single event loop, this both wastes CPU on the doomed request and delays every concurrent request. A low request rate is enough to degrade or stall the server. No valid hash and no authentication are required. ### Patches Fixed in `nuxt@4.5.1` and `nuxt@3.21.10`. The island handler now enforces a raw body-size cap (`413`) and a JSON nesting-depth cap (`400`) before parsing or hashing, so oversized or deeply nested input is rejected cheaply. ### Workarounds Put a small request-body limit in front of `/__nuxt_island/` at your reverse proxy / edge (islands legitimately send only a compact props payload), or disable server components if unused.
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| ID | Schweregrad | ausnutzbar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-71321US | — | — | ||
Nuxt is an open-source web development framework for Vue.js. From 3.1.0 until 3.21.10 and 4.5.1, the internal island renderer endpoint `/__nuxt_island/...` decodes and hashes attac… | ||||
Referenzen
Externe Belege — Patches, Meldungen, Analysen.
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxtPACKAGE
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/commit/4e35ae9babd94be53246e31200232d48438bb34eWEB
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/commit/668cdfdfda41849ed11c1ee5e2067a11fc103b22WEB
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/releases/tag/v3.21.10WEB
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/releases/tag/v4.5.1WEB
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/security/advisories/GHSA-9pgf-384g-p7mvWEB
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