# CVE-2026-75931: fast-uri vulnerable to host confusion via skipped IDN canonicalization on scheme-relative references

- Also known as: GHSA-5JGF-P345-68V8
- 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=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.4.5, 3.1.6, 4.1.3
- Published: 2026-08-24 · Updated: 2026-08-24

## Affected

- fast-uri: from 2.4.2, fixed in 2.4.5; from 3.1.3, fixed in 3.1.6; from 4.0.1, fixed in 4.1.3
- fast-uri (npm): from 2.4.2, fixed in 2.4.5
- fast-uri (npm): from 3.1.3, fixed in 3.1.6
- fast-uri (npm): from 4.0.1, fixed in 4.1.3

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on fast-uri, upgrade to a fixed version (2.4.5, 3.1.6, 4.1.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/security/advisories/GHSA-5jgf-p345-68v8
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html

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