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CVE-2026-76169: fastify vulnerable to authentication bypass via malformed URLs reaching encapsulated not-found handlers

September 30, 2026

Fastify routes a malformed URL under one plugin prefix to the custom not-found handler of a different sibling plugin, invoking the handler registered last and skipping the preHandler declared in its setNotFoundHandler(). When the request method has no route in the main router, a malformed request target reaches Fastify’s internal not-found router before URL decoding and is dispatched through a single shared handler pointer, regardless of prefix and without the normal request lifecycle. An unauthenticated request to a public prefix can therefore reach an authentication-protected not-found handler registered under a different prefix and receive its full response, breaking prefix encapsulation and bypassing the authentication hook. Applications whose private or tenant fallbacks return protected data from a not-found handler are affected.

References

  • cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-p68q-wchp-6fh7
  • github.com/fastify/fastify/commit/93c239a380f3f2778bb7565fcdf777e91cfe1fbc
  • github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.12.2
  • github.com/fastify/fastify/security/advisories/GHSA-p68q-wchp-6fh7
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76169

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.0.0 before 5.12.2

Fixed versions

  • 5.12.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.12.2 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Source file

npm/fastify/CVE-2026-76169.yml

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