---
id: "CVE-2026-114132"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-114132", "GHSA-vjh5-4x84-xrqp"]
title: "Nuxt: Server-side route rules (`redirect`, `headers`, `proxy`, `ssr`) are skipped for case-variant paths when routing is case-insensitive"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.3
epss: 0.0031399999279528856
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "nuxt", "fixed": ["4.6.2"], "affected": ">= 4.0.0, < 4.6.2", "ecosystem": "npm"}, {"name": "nuxt", "fixed": [], "affected": ">= 3.0.0, < 4.0.0", "ecosystem": "npm"}, {"name": "@nuxt/nitro-server", "fixed": ["4.6.2"], "affected": ">= 4.2.0, < 4.6.2", "ecosystem": "npm"}, {"name": "@nuxt/nitro-server", "fixed": [], "affected": ">= 3.20.0, < 4.0.0", "ecosystem": "npm"}]
ecosystems: ["npm"]
tags: ["cwe-178", "cwe-863", "nitro", "nuxt", "nuxt-3", "package", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["access-checks-in-middleware", "managed-hosting", "no-route-rules-on-protected-paths", "router.options.sensitive-true"]
published_at: "2026-10-21T18:17:26+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:31+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:29+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "ghsa", "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vjh5-4x84-xrqp", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:31+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114132", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:29+00:00"}]
---

# Nuxt: Server-side route rules (`redirect`, `headers`, `proxy`, `ssr`) are skipped for case-variant paths when routing is case-insensitive

Nuxt skips server-side route rules (redirect, headers, proxy, ssr) when the request path differs from a rule key only in letter case, while the page router still serves the page. An attacker can request a case variant such as /Admin/secret to bypass a redirect to /login or drop per-route security headers.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- npm:nuxt affected >= 4.0.0, < 4.6.2 fixed 4.6.2
- npm:nuxt affected >= 3.0.0, < 4.0.0 fixed ?
- npm:@nuxt/nitro-server affected >= 4.2.0, < 4.6.2 fixed 4.6.2
- npm:@nuxt/nitro-server affected >= 3.20.0, < 4.0.0 fixed ?

## How to check

Check nuxt and @nuxt/nitro-server versions in package.json or lockfile; check nuxt.config for router.options.sensitive; check routeRules for redirect, headers or proxy on paths that need protection.

## Fix

Upgrade nuxt to 4.6.2 (Nuxt 3 has no fix, as it reached end of life). If you cannot upgrade, set router.options.sensitive: true in nuxt.config, or enforce access control in server or route middleware instead of route rules.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:31+00:00 ghsa https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vjh5-4x84-xrqp
- 2026-10-23T21:57:29+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114132

## From the sources

## Impact

With the default `router.options.sensitive: false`, Nuxt's page router resolves routes case-insensitively, so `/Admin` renders the same page as `/admin`. On the server, however, route rules were resolved with Nitro's route-rule matcher, which matches keys case-sensitively. A request whose path differs from a rule key only in letter case therefore rendered the page with none of that rule applied.

Earlier fixes ([GHSA-mm7m-92g8-7m47](https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/security/advisories/GHSA-mm7m-92g8-7m47), [GHSA-hxvh-4h3w-prp9](https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/security/advisories/GHSA-hxvh-4h3w-prp9)) case-folded the route rules that the Nuxt app itself reads, such as `appMiddleware`. This advisory covers the rules applied on the server:

- `redirect`: a rule used to send visitors away from a page, such as `'/admin/**': { redirect: '/login' }`, was skipped, and the page and its server-fetched data were rendered instead.
- `headers`: per-route response headers, including security headers such as `Content-Security-Policy` or `X-Frame-Options`, were not sent.
- `proxy`: the request was not proxied.
- `ssr: false` and `noScripts`: the page was server-rendered, or shipped scripts, despite the rule.
- `getRouteRules(event)` (auto-imported, or from `nuxt/server`) and `matchRouteRules` from `nuxt/server` returned no rules for the case variant.

```ts
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  routeRules: {
    '/admin/**': { redirect: '/login' },
  },
})
```

With this configuration, `/admin/secret` redirects to `/login`, but `/Admin/secret` rendered `app/pages/admin/secret.vue`.

## Mitigating factors

- Applications that set `router.options.sensitive: true` in `nuxt.config` are not affected, because their pages are only served for the exact case of the route.
- Access checks performed in server middleware, route middleware attached with `definePageMeta`, or in the page's data fetching are not affected. The issue only affects protections that rely on a server-side route rule matching the request path.

## Affected versions

`nuxt` `<4.6.2`, including all Nuxt 3 releases, and `@nuxt/nitro-server` `<4.6.2`.

## Patches

Fixed in `nuxt@4.6.2`. Nuxt 3 reached end of life on 31 July 2026 and will not receive a fix.

Nuxt now resolves server-side route rules itself, decoding and case-folding both the rule keys and the request path unless `router.options.sensitive` is set, and applies the result to Nitro's `redirect`, `headers` and `proxy` handling, the renderer, and the `getRouteRules` / `matchRouteRules` helpers.

When routing is case-insensitive, patched releases change some behaviour:

- Route rules also apply to case variants of server API routes. For example, `/API/x` now matches a `/api/**` `proxy` or `headers` rule.
- Rule keys that differ only in letter case now resolve to the same path on the server, and the later key takes precedence.

The following are not changed by this fix:

- `cache` and `swr` response caching is attached to server routes by Nitro's router, which matches case-sensitively. A case variant is still rendered with its route rules applied, but its response is not cached.
- Rules that a deployment preset compiles into platform configuration (for example Vercel's `config.json` or Netlify's `_redirects` and `_headers`) are matched by the platform. Once a request reaches the Nuxt server, the rules are applied as described above.
- If `sensitive` is set only in `app/router.options.ts`, the server follows the `nuxt.config` value. In that configuration route rules can only apply to more paths, never fewer.

## Workarounds

Upgrade to `nuxt@4.6.2`. If you cannot upgrade, including on Nuxt 3:

1. Set `router: { options: { sensitive: true } }` in `nuxt.config`, so pages are only served for the exact case of their route.
2. Alternatively, enforce access control in server middleware or route middleware rather than relying on a `redirect` route rule, and set security headers for every response rather than per route.

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