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CVE-2026-92081: fastify vulnerable to Denial of Service via unhandled exception on HTTP/2 trailer responses

September 30, 2026

fastify crashes with an uncaught ERR_HTTP2_INVALID_CONNECTION_HEADERS exception when a route that registers a response trailer via reply.trailer() is served over HTTP/2. Fastify unconditionally adds the Transfer-Encoding: chunked header when a trailer is set, which is forbidden on HTTP/2, so Node.js throws while serializing the response headers. The exception is not caught and becomes an uncaughtException, terminating the Node.js process.

One unauthenticated HTTP/2 request to any route that uses trailers is enough to crash the server, dropping all in-flight requests, and the request can be repeated to keep the process down. Applications are affected only when HTTP/2 is enabled (http2: true) and at least one route registers a trailer. HTTP/1.x responses are not affected.

References

  • cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mh8-r7rc-xpvc
  • github.com/fastify/fastify/commit/ad06a4c3fe8a944a904f38068249b18b8f552e90
  • github.com/fastify/fastify/issues/6574
  • github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.12.5
  • github.com/fastify/fastify/security/advisories/GHSA-4mh8-r7rc-xpvc
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92081

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Affected versions

All versions before 5.12.5

Fixed versions

  • 5.12.5

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.12.5 or above.

Impact 5.9 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-248: Uncaught Exception

Source file

npm/fastify/CVE-2026-92081.yml

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