# CVE-2026-25223: Fastify's Content-Type header tab character allows body validation bypass

- Also known as: GHSA-JX2C-RXCM-JVMQ
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.7.2
- Published: 2026-02-03 · Updated: 2026-09-16

## Affected

- fastify: fixed in 5.7.2
- fastify (npm): fixed in 5.7.2

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on fastify, upgrade to a fixed version (5.7.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/fastify/fastify/security/advisories/GHSA-jx2c-rxcm-jvmq
- https://github.com/fastify/fastify/commit/32d7b6add39ddf082d92579a58bea7018c5ac821
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3464114
- https://fastify.dev/docs/latest/Reference/Validation-and-Serialization
- https://github.com/fastify/fastify/blob/759e9787b5669abf953068e42a17bffba7521348/lib/content-type-parser.js#L125
- https://github.com/fastify/fastify/blob/759e9787b5669abf953068e42a17bffba7521348/lib/validation.js#L272

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