Critical severity · published Jul 18, 2026
CVE-2026-15631
@fastify/http-proxy vulnerable to prefix escape via WebSocket path traversal
10.0
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Impact: @fastify/http-proxy versions from 9.4.0 up to and including 11.5.0 fail to validate the resolved WebSocket destination path against the configured rewrite prefix. The WebSocket routing path in WebSocketProxy.findUpstream resolves the destination via the WHATWG URL constructor, which collapses dot segments, so a crafted upgrade request with path traversal sequences can escape the rewrite prefix and reach upstream endpoints that were not meant to be exposed by the proxy. This is a variant of CVE-2021-21322 in a code path that never went through the HTTP fix in fastify/reply-from. Exploitation requires a non-normalizing WebSocket client, since browsers and the ws package normalize the request path before sending, but raw HTTP clients or downstream proxies that forward the request target unchanged make the attack reachable in production topologies.
Patches: upgrade to @fastify/http-proxy 11.6.0.
Workarounds: none.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FA
@fastify/http-proxy · @fastify/http-proxy
9.4.0 before 11.6.0 · source: vendor
FA
Fastify/http-proxy · Fastify
9.4.0 before 11.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15631
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15631
Vendor Advisory
https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/fastify/fastify-http-proxy/security/advisories/GHSA-7hrw-592w-9wh2
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