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CVE-2026-33808

critical

Impact@fastify/express v4.0.4 and earlier fails to normalize URLs before passing them to Express middleware when Fastify router normalization options are enabl…

Vendor / product: Fastify — fastify\/express

Impact@fastify/express v4.0.4 and earlier fails to normalize URLs before passing them to Express middleware when Fastify router normalization options are enabled. This allows complete bypass of path-scoped authentication middleware via duplicate slashes when ignoreDuplicateSlashes is enabled, or via semicolon delimiters when useSemicolonDelimiter is enabled. In both cases, Fastify router normalizes the URL and matches the route, but @fastify/express passes the original un-normalized URL to Express middleware, which fails to match and is skipped. An unauthenticated attacker can access protected routes by manipulating the URL path. PatchesUpgrade to @fastify/express v4.0.5 or later.

CVSS
9.1
9.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-04-15 10:16
Modified: 2026-10-26 22:10
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

fastify / fastify\/express <4.0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
Vendor advisory: https://github.com/fastify/fastify-express/security/advisories/GHSA-6hw5-45gm-fj88
Vendor advisory: https://github.com/fastify/fastify-express/security/advisories/GHSA-6hw5-45gm-fj88
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/fastify/fastify-express/security/advisories/GHSA-6hw5-45gm-fj88
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/fastify/fastify-express/security/advisories/GHSA-6hw5-45gm-fj88

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC · record ↗

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