CVE-2026-56697 Nuxt - Open Redirect via Protocol-Relative Paths in reloadNuxtApp
Attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via protocol-relative paths in reloadNuxtApp, enabling phishing and credential theft.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-56697?
CVE-2026-56697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nuxt, published on 22 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Nuxt versions 4.0.0 before 4.4.7 and 3.x before 3.21.7 accept protocol-relative paths such as //evil.com in the reloadNuxtApp function; these pass the script-protocol check but resolve to a cross-origin URL against the current page protocol. Attackers can inject paths like //evil.com to redirect users to attacker-controlled hosts, enabling phishing and OAuth authorization-code theft.
Weakness: CWE-601
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-56697?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nuxt Nuxt.
How do I fix CVE-2026-56697?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-56697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-56697 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-56697 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nuxt
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- CVE-2024-23657 Path Traversal: '../filedir' in Nuxt Devtools
- CVE-2024-34344 Remote code execution via the browser when running the test locally in nuxt
- CVE-2024-42352 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in nuxt-icon
- CVE-2023-3224 Code Injection in nuxt/nuxt
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g898-grjx-8jm3.