Unauthenticated Nuxt DevTools RPC allows arbitrary command execution on the developer's host

Description

Nuxt DevTools (development mode only) exposes a bidirectional RPC channel over the Vite HMR WebSocket via the nuxt:devtools:rpc plugin.

Recommendation

Update the @nuxt/devtools package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

Affected version(s): < 3.3.1
Patched version(s): 3.3.1

References

GHSA-279x-mwfv-vcqv
CVE-2026-71319
CWE-306
CWE-94
CAPEC-310
OWASP 2021-A3
OWASP 2021-A6
OWASP 2021-A7

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