Medium severity · published Mar 6, 2026
CVE-2026-3419
Fastify's Missing End Anchor in "subtypeNameReg" Allows Malformed Content-Types to Pass Validation
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Fastify incorrectly accepts malformed `Content-Type` headers containing trailing characters after the subtype token, in violation of RFC 9110 §8.3.1(https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc9110.html#field.content-type). For example, a request sent with Content-Type: application/json garbage passes validation and is processed normally, rather than being rejected with 415 Unsupported Media Type.
When regex-based content-type parsers are in use (a documented Fastify feature), the malformed value is matched against registered parsers using the full string including the trailing garbage. This means a request with an invalid content-type may be routed to and processed by a parser it should never have reached.
Impact:
An attacker can send requests with RFC-invalid Content-Type headers that bypass validity checks, reach content-type parser matching, and be processed by the server. Requests that should be rejected at the validation stage are instead handled as if the content-type were valid.
Workarounds:
Deploy a WAF rule to protect against this
Fix:
The fix is available starting with v5.8.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FA
fastify · fastify
5.7.2 before 5.8.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3419
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3419
Vendor Advisory
https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
Patch
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-573f-x89g-hqp9
Patch
https://github.com/fastify/fastify/commit/67f6c9b32cb3623d3c9470cc17ed830dd2f083d7
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/fastify/fastify/security/advisories/GHSA-573f-x89g-hqp9
Technical Description
https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc9110.html#field.content-type
VDB Entry
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3419
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