MEDIUM 5.9 npm

@fastify/static vulnerable to route guard bypass via encoded path separators

GHSA-x428-ghpx-8j92 · CVE-2026-6414

Published · Modified

Description

Impact

@fastify/static v9.1.0 and earlier decodes percent-encoded path separators (%2F) before filesystem resolution, but Fastify's router treats them as literal characters. This creates a routing mismatch: route guards on /admin/* do not match /admin%2Fsecret.html, but @fastify/static decodes it to /admin/secret.html and serves the file.

Applications that rely on route-based middleware or guards to protect files served by @fastify/static can be bypassed with encoded path separators.

Patches

Upgrade to @fastify/static >= 9.1.1.

Workarounds

None. Upgrade to the patched version.

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