CVE-2026-75931

fast-uri vulnerable to host confusion via skipped IDN canonicalization on scheme-relative references

Published Aug 24, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
fast-uri is a URI parser for Node.js. It canonicalizes a host to its ASCII form only when the input carries an explicit scheme, so a scheme-relative reference such as a host preceded by two slashes is returned with its host verbatim and no error set. As a result fast-uri's own entry points disagree with each other: parse, resolve, normalize, and equal can yield different hosts for the same input depending only on whether a scheme is written out, and equal can return opposite verdicts for the same pair of hosts. An application that extracts a host with fast-uri to check it against a policy list and then resolves the same reference can make its decision on one host while the destination is another, enabling host confusion and policy bypass. The affected versions are 2.4.2 up to but not including 2.4.5, 3.1.3 up to but not including 3.1.6, and 4.0.1 up to but not including 4.1.3. The issue is fixed in 2.4.5, 3.1.6, and 4.1.3, which canonicalize the host consistently across the resolve path. Users should upgrade to a patched version.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5jgf-p345-68v8 fast-uri vulnerable to host confusion via skipped IDN canonicalization on scheme-relative references
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Openjsf
Openjsf fast-uri
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:fast-uri:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Openjsf
Openjsf fast-uri
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Fast-uri
Fast-uri fast-uri
Vendors & Products Fast-uri
Fast-uri fast-uri
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Description fast-uri is a URI parser for Node.js. It canonicalizes a host to its ASCII form only when the input carries an explicit scheme, so a scheme-relative reference such as a host preceded by two slashes is returned with its host verbatim and no error set. As a result fast-uri's own entry points disagree with each other: parse, resolve, normalize, and equal can yield different hosts for the same input depending only on whether a scheme is written out, and equal can return opposite verdicts for the same pair of hosts. An application that extracts a host with fast-uri to check it against a policy list and then resolves the same reference can make its decision on one host while the destination is another, enabling host confusion and policy bypass. The affected versions are 2.4.2 up to but not including 2.4.5, 3.1.3 up to but not including 3.1.6, and 4.0.1 up to but not including 4.1.3. The issue is fixed in 2.4.5, 3.1.6, and 4.1.3, which canonicalize the host consistently across the resolve path. Users should upgrade to a patched version.
Title fast-uri vulnerable to host confusion via skipped IDN canonicalization on scheme-relative references
Weaknesses CWE-436
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
openjs
Published
Updated
Aug 24, 2026, 4:28 PM
Reserved
Aug 18, 2026, 3:43 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Aug 24, 2026, 10:16 AM
Modified
Oct 14, 2026, 1:10 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Aug 24, 2026, 9:30 AM