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CVE-2026-33808: @fastify/express has a middleware authentication bypass via URL normalization gaps (duplicate slashes and semicolons)

April 16, 2026

@fastify/express v4.0.4 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 two vectors:

  1. Duplicate slashes (//admin/dashboard) when ignoreDuplicateSlashes: true is configured
  2. Semicolon delimiters (/admin;bypass) when useSemicolonDelimiter: true is configured

In both cases, Fastify’s 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.

Note: This is distinct from GHSA-g6q3-96cp-5r5m (CVE-2026-22037), which addressed URL percent-encoding bypass and was patched in v4.0.3. These normalization gaps remain in v4.0.4. A similar class of normalization issue was addressed in @fastify/middie via GHSA-8p85-9qpw-fwgw (CVE-2026-2880), but @fastify/express does not include the equivalent fixes.

References

  • cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-6hw5-45gm-fj88
  • github.com/fastify/fastify-express
  • github.com/fastify/fastify-express/security/advisories/GHSA-6hw5-45gm-fj88
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33808

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Affected versions

All versions before 4.0.5

Fixed versions

  • 4.0.5

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.0.5 or above.

Impact 9.1 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-436: Interpretation Conflict

Source file

npm/@fastify/express/CVE-2026-33808.yml

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