XSS via unescaped spread attribute names
Published Jul 27, 2026 · Updated Jul 27, 2026
Cross-site scripting in Astro before 7.0.6 allows remote attackers to inject script through untrusted spread-property names. The renderHTMLElement loop in packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/dom.ts interpolates each attribute name into server-rendered markup without validation while escaping only its value. Exploitation requires an SSR runtime that defines global HTMLElement, a native HTMLElement-subclass component receiving attacker-controlled keys, and a user who loads the output.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site scripting in Astro before 7.0.6 allows remote attackers to inject script through untrusted spread-property names. The renderHTMLElement loop in packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/dom.ts interpolates each attribute name into server-rendered markup without validation while escaping only its value. Exploitation requires an SSR runtime that defines global HTMLElement, a native HTMLElement-subclass component receiving attacker-controlled keys, and a user who loads the output.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-59729
- Published
- Jul 27, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 27, 2026
- Vendor
- Astro Technology Company
- Product
- Astro
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 7.0.6
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