CVE-2026-33807

@fastify/express vulnerable to middleware path doubling causing authentication bypass in child plugin scopes

State
Published
Severity
9.1 Critical
Published
Apr 15, 2026
Updated
Apr 15, 2026
Reserved
Mar 23, 2026

Read the record on cve.org

Description

@fastify/express v4.0.4 and earlier contains a path handling bug in the onRegister function that causes middleware paths to be doubled when inherited by child plugins. When a child plugin is registered with a prefix that matches a middleware path, the middleware path is prefixed a second time, causing it to never match incoming requests. This results in complete bypass of Express middleware security controls, including authentication, authorization, and rate limiting, for all routes defined within affected child plugin scopes. No special configuration or request crafting is required.

Upgrade to @fastify/express v4.0.5 or later.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.19.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nopenjs

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
@fastify/expressfastify
  • before 4.0.5Affected
  • 4.0.5Not affected

References

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.