Medium severity · published Sep 15, 2026
CVE-2026-86472
fast-uri vulnerable to inconsistent host case normalization via percent-encoded octets
4.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
fast-uri is a dependency-free RFC 3986 URI parser for Node.js, used by Fastify and ajv. In versions before 2.4.7, from 3.0.0 through 3.1.7, and from 4.0.0 through 4.1.4, fast-uri folds the host to lowercase before it percent-decodes the host, so a percent-encoded uppercase octet such as %41 decodes to a literal A that is never folded. For a scheme-relative reference such as //host there is no scheme, so the host canonicalization that would normally repair this does not run, and parse, normalize, and equal then disagree on the same host. An application that makes a case-sensitive host decision on fast-uri output, for example a host allowlist or denylist that compares the parsed host or uses equal, can be steered past the check with a percent-encoded uppercase octet, and because hostnames are case-insensitive in DNS and HTTP the evading spelling still reaches the host the check meant to gate. The issue is fixed in fast-uri 2.4.7, 3.1.8, and 4.1.5, and users should upgrade to one of those versions or later. As a workaround, compare hosts case-insensitively by lowercasing the parsed host before any allowlist or denylist decision.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FA
fast-uri · fast-uri
before 2.4.7; 3.0.0 before 3.1.8; 4.0.0 before 4.1.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86472
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-86472
cna.openjsf.org
https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
github.com
https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/security/advisories/GHSA-hrr3-gc8f-f4qj
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