fast-uri vulnerable to host confusion via unchecked WHATWG host canonicalization

Summary

CVECVE-2026-110180
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneropenjs
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-10-20 07:17:08 UTC
Updated2026-10-20 20:06:37 UTC
Descriptionfast-uri is a dependency-free RFC 3986 URI parser and serializer for Node.js. In versions from 2.4.2 through 2.4.7, from 3.1.3 through 3.1.8, and from 4.0.1 through 4.2.2, for HTTP-family schemes the canonicalizeHost() function passes the parsed host to the WHATWG URL parser and adopts its hostname without checking that the parser consumed the entire input as a host, so the authority can be silently rewritten: data before an at-sign is dropped and tab, carriage-return, and line-feed characters are stripped, with no error reported. An application that enforces host-based policy such as denylists, loopback filtering, redirect validation, or outbound proxy routing on one representation can then see the canonical host diverge from what it checked, allowing traffic to be steered to an unintended destination. The issue is fixed in fast-uri 2.4.8, 3.1.9, and 4.2.3, and users should upgrade to one of these versions or later. As a workaround, reject an authority that contains more than one at-sign or any tab, carriage-return, or line-feed before calling fast-uri, or treat any non-empty parse error as fatal and compare hosts only from the same parse result.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.8 MEDIUM from ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb

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

EPSS: 0.002080000 probability, percentile 0.103590000 (date 2026-10-20)

Problem Types: CWE-20 | CWE-436 | CWE-20 CWE-20: Improper Input Validation | CWE-436 CWE-436: Interpretation Conflict


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bbSecondary4.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.1CNACVSS4.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Fast-uri Fast-uri affected 2.4.2 2.4.8 semver Not specified
CNA Fast-uri Fast-uri unaffected 2.4.8 semver Not specified
CNA Fast-uri Fast-uri affected 3.1.3 3.1.9 semver Not specified
CNA Fast-uri Fast-uri unaffected 3.1.9 semver Not specified
CNA Fast-uri Fast-uri affected 4.0.1 4.2.3 semver Not specified
CNA Fast-uri Fast-uri unaffected 4.2.3 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb cna.openjsf.org
github.com/fastify/fast-uri/security/advisories/GHSA-wjr9-j795-jxcr ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: UlisesGascon (en)

CNA: mcollina (en)

CNA: zekth (en)

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