CVE-2026-73423

## Summary In the composable `astro/hono` pipeline, the `security.checkOrigin` protection is only installed by the `middleware()` primitive. The `actions()` and `pages()` primitives each dispatch to user code independently, so a pipeline that mounts either primitive before (or without) `middleware()` will bypass the origin check for those requests. ## Details `security.checkOrigin` (default: `true`) is intended to reject cross-site `POST`/`PUT`/`PATCH`/`DELETE` form submissions. In the classic pipeline (`astro()` all-in-one), the check always runs because Astro injects a virtual middleware module even when the user has no `src/middleware.ts`. In the composable `astro/hono` pipeline, the user assembles primitives manually. The check is only installed inside `middleware()` — so: - Mounting `actions()` before `middleware()` allows cross-origin form-encoded action requests to execute before the gate runs. The `examples/advanced-routing` example and the Cloudflare `hono` docs shipped this order. - Omitting `middleware()` entirely (reasonable for apps with no custom middleware) silently drops `checkOrigin` protection for all on-demand endpoints and pages dispatched through `pages()`. The attack is a blind write-only CSRF: the attacker can trigger a state-mutating action or endpoint handler using the victim's cookies, but cannot read the cross-origin response body. ## Affected versions Astro `>= 7.0.0` when using the composable `astro/hono` pipeline with either: - `actions()` mounted before `middleware()`, or - `pages()` used without `middleware()` The default (non-composable) pipeline is not affected. ## Fix The origin check is now applied at each dispatch sink (`ActionHandler.handle` and `PagesHandler.handleWithErrorFallback`), gated on `manifest.checkOrigin`, using the same predicate as the middleware. The check is order-independent and a no-op when `middleware()` has already run. Fix: https://github.com/withastro/astro/pull/17250 ## Workaround Ensure `middleware()` is mounted before both `actions()` and `pages()` in the composable pipeline, and that it is always included even when no custom middleware logic is needed: ```ts app.use(middleware()); app.use(actions()); app.use(pages()); ```