GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-hrr3-gc8f-f4qj fast-uri vulnerable to inconsistent host case normalization via percent-encoded octets
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-86472
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- fast-uri
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-178
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-29
Affected packages
• npm fast-uri: < 2.4.7 → fixed in 2.4.7
• npm fast-uri: >= 3.0.0, < 3.1.8 → fixed in 3.1.8
• npm fast-uri: >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.5 → fixed in 4.1.5
Description
Impact
`fast-uri` folds the host to lowercase before it percent-decodes the host, so a percent-encoded uppercase unreserved octet such as `%41` decodes to a literal `A` that is never folded. For a scheme-relative reference (`//host`) there is no scheme, so the host canonicalization that repairs this on a scheme-bearing URL does not run. As a result `parse`, `normalize`, and `equal` disagree on the same host: `parse("//%41.com").host` returns `"A.com"` while `parse("//a.com").host` and `parse("//A.com").host` return `"a.com"`, and `equal("//%41.com", "//a.com")` is `false` even though `equal("//A.com", "//a.com")` is `true`. An application that makes a case-sensitive host decision on `fast-uri` output for a scheme-relative reference, for example a host allowlist or denylist that compares `parse(url).host` or uses `fast-uri.equal`, can be steered past the check with a percent-encoded uppercase octet. Because a hostname is case-insensitive in DNS and HTTP routing, the evading spelling reaches the same host the check meant to gate, so the effect is check evasion rather than reaching a different registrable host.
Patches
Upgrade to `fast-uri` 4.1.5, 3.1.8, or 2.4.7.
Workarounds
Compare hosts case-insensitively (lowercase the parsed host before any allowlist or denylist decision), or avoid making case-sensitive host decisions on scheme-relative input until upgrading.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-86472 fast-uri is a dependency-free RFC 3986 URI parser for Node.js, used by Fastify and ajv. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-178 Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity weakness
References
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/security/advisories/GHSA-hrr3-gc8f-f4qj web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86472 advisory
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/commit/5dabb86732aa2a7655e258719970e61e12b6b4d1 web
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html web
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri package
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/releases/tag/v2.4.7 web
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/releases/tag/v3.1.8 web
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/releases/tag/v4.1.5 web