vulnerability / NVI-00010697 / Revision 4
Nuxt: Route rules are matched against the raw request path, so a percent-encoded segment can bypass `appMiddleware` on dynamic and catch-all routes
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01 / Meaning
Why it matters
Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.
6.5 medium
GitHub source severity; exploitability and local consequence require separate evidence.
As of · GitHub Advisory Database
6.5 MEDIUM (3.1)
security-advisories@github.com severity; no combined Null risk score.
0.363%
FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.30292. Missing scores are unknown.
As of · FIRST EPSS
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
nuxt
source listed>= 4.0.0, < 4.4.4
### Summary Nuxt compared `routeRules` keys against the raw request path, without decoding percent-encoding, while the router decodes parameters when it resolves a route. A request whose path is percent-encoded can therefore resolve to a page while failing to match the route rule meant to protect it, so the rule's `appMiddleware` never runs, including during server rendering. ### Impact For a page served through a dynamic or catch-all route, an attacker can percent-encode a character in the path to skip the rule: ```ts export default defineNuxtConfig({ routeRules: { '/users/admin': { appMiddleware: 'auth' }, }, }) ``` Requesting `/users/%61dmin` still renders `app/pages/users/[id].vue` with `id` decoded to `admin`, but the rule keyed `/users/admin` does not match, so `auth` does not run and the server renders and returns the gated page to an unauthenticated visitor. No privileges and no user interaction are required, and only ASCII characters are involved. Purely static ASCII routes are not affected: static segments are matched without decoding, so a request for `/%61dmin` does not resolve to the page registered at `/admin` and 404s instead of rendering. The rule key
nuxt
source listed>= 3.11.0, < 3.21.4
### Summary Nuxt compared `routeRules` keys against the raw request path, without decoding percent-encoding, while the router decodes parameters when it resolves a route. A request whose path is percent-encoded can therefore resolve to a page while failing to match the route rule meant to protect it, so the rule's `appMiddleware` never runs, including during server rendering. ### Impact For a page served through a dynamic or catch-all route, an attacker can percent-encode a character in the path to skip the rule: ```ts export default defineNuxtConfig({ routeRules: { '/users/admin': { appMiddleware: 'auth' }, }, }) ``` Requesting `/users/%61dmin` still renders `app/pages/users/[id].vue` with `id` decoded to `admin`, but the rule keyed `/users/admin` does not match, so `auth` does not run and the server renders and returns the gated page to an unauthenticated visitor. No privileges and no user interaction are required, and only ASCII characters are involved. Purely static ASCII routes are not affected: static segments are matched without decoding, so a request for `/%61dmin` does not resolve to the page registered at `/admin` and 404s instead of rendering. The rule key
nuxt
source listedSEMVER: introduced 4.0.0; fixed 4.4.4
### Summary Nuxt compared `routeRules` keys against the raw request path, without decoding percent-encoding, while the router decodes parameters when it resolves a route. A request whose path is percent-encoded can therefore resolve to a page while failing to match the route rule meant to protect it, so the rule's `appMiddleware` never runs, including during server rendering. ### Impact For a page served through a dynamic or catch-all route, an attacker can percent-encode a character in the path to skip the rule: ```ts export default defineNuxtConfig({ routeRules: { '/users/admin': { appMiddleware: 'auth' }, }, }) ``` Requesting `/users/%61dmin` still renders `app/pages/users/[id].vue` with `id` decoded to `admin`, but the rule keyed `/users/admin` does not match, so `auth` does not run and the server renders and returns the gated page to an unauthenticated visitor. No privileges and no user interaction are required, and only ASCII characters are involved. Purely static ASCII routes are not affected: static segments are matched without decoding, so a request for `/%61dmin` does not resolve to the page registered at `/admin` and 404s instead of rendering. The rule key
nuxt
source listedSEMVER: introduced 3.11.0; fixed 3.21.4
### Summary Nuxt compared `routeRules` keys against the raw request path, without decoding percent-encoding, while the router decodes parameters when it resolves a route. A request whose path is percent-encoded can therefore resolve to a page while failing to match the route rule meant to protect it, so the rule's `appMiddleware` never runs, including during server rendering. ### Impact For a page served through a dynamic or catch-all route, an attacker can percent-encode a character in the path to skip the rule: ```ts export default defineNuxtConfig({ routeRules: { '/users/admin': { appMiddleware: 'auth' }, }, }) ``` Requesting `/users/%61dmin` still renders `app/pages/users/[id].vue` with `id` decoded to `admin`, but the rule keyed `/users/admin` does not match, so `auth` does not run and the server renders and returns the gated page to an unauthenticated visitor. No privileges and no user interaction are required, and only ASCII characters are involved. Purely static ASCII routes are not affected: static segments are matched without decoding, so a request for `/%61dmin` does not resolve to the page registered at `/admin` and 404s instead of rendering. The rule key
03 / Response
What to do next
- investigate
Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. FIRST EPSS
- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 4.4.4 for nuxt. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV
- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 3.21.4 for nuxt. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database via OSV
A fixed release is not deployment evidence.
Check current vendor support and compatibility. After making a change, verify the deployed build and relevant runtime conditions. Keep the evidence, owner and time. An updated lockfile alone does not prove what is running.
04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
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05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
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- GHSA-6gq8-jgmh-3ffp ↗
GitHub Advisory Database · vendor advisory
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- GHSA-6gq8-jgmh-3ffp ↗
GitHub Advisory Database via OSV · vendor advisory
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- CVE-2026-114131 ↗
NIST National Vulnerability Database · official catalog
Observed . This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- CVE-2026-114131 ↗
FIRST EPSS · official catalog
Observed . FIRST EPSS; probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, not local compromise. Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.
Public revision history
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- Revision 4 ·
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