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Secure Headers Middleware

Secure Headers Middleware simplifies the setup of security headers. Inspired in part by the capabilities of Helmet, it allows you to control the activation and deactivation of specific security headers.

Import

ts
import { Hono } from 'hono'
import { secureHeaders } from 'hono/secure-headers'

Usage

You can use the optimal settings by default.

ts
const app = new Hono()
app.use(secureHeaders())

You can suppress unnecessary headers by setting them to false.

ts
const app = new Hono()
app.use(
  '*',
  secureHeaders({
    xFrameOptions: false,
    xXssProtection: false,
  })
)

You can override default header values using a string.

ts
const app = new Hono()
app.use(
  '*',
  secureHeaders({
    strictTransportSecurity: 'max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload',
    xFrameOptions: 'DENY',
    xXssProtection: '1',
  })
)

Supported Options

Each option corresponds to the following Header Key-Value pairs.

OptionHeaderValueDefault
-X-Powered-By(Delete Header)True
contentSecurityPolicyContent-Security-PolicyUsage: Setting Content-Security-PolicyNo Setting
crossOriginEmbedderPolicyCross-Origin-Embedder-Policyrequire-corpFalse
crossOriginResourcePolicyCross-Origin-Resource-Policysame-originTrue
crossOriginOpenerPolicyCross-Origin-Opener-Policysame-originTrue
originAgentClusterOrigin-Agent-Cluster?1True
referrerPolicyReferrer-Policyno-referrerTrue
reportingEndpointsReporting-EndpointsUsage: Setting Content-Security-PolicyNo Setting
reportToReport-ToUsage: Setting Content-Security-PolicyNo Setting
strictTransportSecurityStrict-Transport-Securitymax-age=15552000; includeSubDomainsTrue
xContentTypeOptionsX-Content-Type-OptionsnosniffTrue
xDnsPrefetchControlX-DNS-Prefetch-ControloffTrue
xDownloadOptionsX-Download-OptionsnoopenTrue
xFrameOptionsX-Frame-OptionsSAMEORIGINTrue
xPermittedCrossDomainPoliciesX-Permitted-Cross-Domain-PoliciesnoneTrue
xXssProtectionX-XSS-Protection0True

Middleware Conflict

Please be cautious about the order of specification when dealing with middleware that manipulates the same header.

In this case, Secure-headers operates and the x-powered-by is removed:

ts
const app = new Hono()
app.use(secureHeaders())
app.use(poweredBy())

In this case, Powered-By operates and the x-powered-by is added:

ts
const app = new Hono()
app.use(poweredBy())
app.use(secureHeaders())

Setting Content-Security-Policy

ts
const app = new Hono()
app.use(
  '/test',
  secureHeaders({
    reportingEndpoints: [
      {
        name: 'endpoint-1',
        url: 'https://example.com/reports',
      },
    ],
    // -- or alternatively
    // reportTo: [
    //   {
    //     group: 'endpoint-1',
    //     max_age: 10886400,
    //     endpoints: [{ url: 'https://example.com/reports' }],
    //   },
    // ],
    contentSecurityPolicy: {
      defaultSrc: ["'self'"],
      baseUri: ["'self'"],
      childSrc: ["'self'"],
      connectSrc: ["'self'"],
      fontSrc: ["'self'", 'https:', 'data:'],
      formAction: ["'self'"],
      frameAncestors: ["'self'"],
      frameSrc: ["'self'"],
      imgSrc: ["'self'", 'data:'],
      manifestSrc: ["'self'"],
      mediaSrc: ["'self'"],
      objectSrc: ["'none'"],
      reportTo: 'endpoint-1',
      sandbox: ['allow-same-origin', 'allow-scripts'],
      scriptSrc: ["'self'"],
      scriptSrcAttr: ["'none'"],
      scriptSrcElem: ["'self'"],
      styleSrc: ["'self'", 'https:', "'unsafe-inline'"],
      styleSrcAttr: ['none'],
      styleSrcElem: ["'self'", 'https:', "'unsafe-inline'"],
      upgradeInsecureRequests: [],
      workerSrc: ["'self'"],
    },
  })
)

nonce attribute

You can add a nonce attribute to a script or style element by adding the NONCE imported from hono/secure-headers to a scriptSrc or styleSrc:

tsx
import { secureHeaders, NONCE } from 'hono/secure-headers'
import type { SecureHeadersVariables } from 'hono/secure-headers'

// Specify the variable types to infer the `c.get('secureHeadersNonce')`:
type Variables = SecureHeadersVariables

const app = new Hono<{ Variables: Variables }>()

// Set the pre-defined nonce value to `scriptSrc`:
app.get(
  '*',
  secureHeaders({
    contentSecurityPolicy: {
      scriptSrc: [NONCE, 'https://allowed1.example.com'],
    },
  })
)

// Get the value from `c.get('secureHeadersNonce')`:
app.get('/', (c) => {
  return c.html(
    <html>
      <body>
        {/** contents */}
        <script src='/js/client.js' nonce={c.get('secureHeadersNonce')} />
      </body>
    </html>
  )
})

If you want to generate the nonce value yourself, you can also specify a function as the following:

tsx
const app = new Hono<{
  Variables: { myNonce: string }
}>()

const myNonceGenerator: ContentSecurityPolicyOptionHandler = (c) => {
  // This function is called on every request.
  const nonce = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)
  c.set('myNonce', nonce)
  return `'nonce-${nonce}'`
}

app.get(
  '*',
  secureHeaders({
    contentSecurityPolicy: {
      scriptSrc: [myNonceGenerator, 'https://allowed1.example.com'],
    },
  })
)

app.get('/', (c) => {
  return c.html(
    <html>
      <body>
        {/** contents */}
        <script src='/js/client.js' nonce={c.get('myNonce')} />
      </body>
    </html>
  )
})

Released under the MIT License.