CVE-2026-25223

Fastify's Content-Type header tab character allows body validation bypass

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 3, 2026 at 09:21 PM UTC
Updated: July 15, 2026 at 02:18 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsFastifyOpenShift AIEnterprise Linux AI

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Fastify is a fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js. Prior to version 5.7.2, a validation bypass vulnerability exists in Fastify where request body validation schemas specified by Content-Type can be completely circumvented. By appending a tab character (\t) followed by arbitrary content to the Content-Type header, attackers can bypass body validation while the server still processes the body as the original content type. This issue has been patched in version 5.7.2.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.7.2
Affected range stops below 5.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions
Vendor states this is fixed in 1774282136 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1776742021 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1776742141 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (12)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-436CWE-179

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