Host confusion via decoded scheme serialization
Published Aug 24, 2026 · Updated Aug 24, 2026
Host confusion in Fastify fast-uri allows remote attackers to steer URI resolution to an attacker-chosen authority via encoded schemes. Parsing decodes percent escapes in the scheme with legacy unescape(), while serialization writes the decoded scheme without validation or re-escaping, so an authority absent during parsing appears after normalize() or resolve(). Exposure requires a consuming application to process untrusted URIs and trust the initial host or authority result; consequences include off-site redirects, SSRF, address-policy bypass, or CRLF injection.
Summary
What happened
Host confusion in Fastify fast-uri allows remote attackers to steer URI resolution to an attacker-chosen authority via encoded schemes. Parsing decodes percent escapes in the scheme with legacy unescape(), while serialization writes the decoded scheme without validation or re-escaping, so an authority absent during parsing appears after normalize() or resolve(). Exposure requires a consuming application to process untrusted URIs and trust the initial host or authority result; consequences include off-site redirects, SSRF, address-policy bypass, or CRLF injection.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-76172
- Published
- Aug 24, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 24, 2026
- Vendor
- Fastify
- Product
- fast-uri
- Classifications
- CWE-177, CAPEC-64
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 24, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 24, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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