Description

Hono: Proxy Helper does not remove response headers listed in the Connection header

Summary

The Proxy Helper (hono/proxy) does not remove response headers named by the origin's Connection header. Headers that the origin marked as connection-scoped are therefore forwarded to clients.

Details

Per RFC 9110 Section 7.6.1, an intermediary must remove the header fields listed in a message's Connection header field before forwarding the message, in addition to the well-known hop-by-hop headers. The proxy() function removed the well-known hop-by-hop headers (including Connection itself) from origin responses, but did not remove the headers that the response's Connection header field designated as connection-scoped.

This issue arises when an application proxies responses from an origin that declares additional, non-standard headers as hop-by-hop via the Connection response header.

Impact

A client may receive response headers that the origin intended only for its immediate peer. This may lead to:

Disclosure of connection-scoped or internal metadata contained in such headers

This issue affects applications that use the Proxy Helper (hono/proxy) to forward responses from origins that list custom header names in their Connection response header. Applications whose origins only use the standard hop-by-hop headers are not affected.

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