# CVE-2026-92087: @fastify/auth vulnerable to Authorization Bypass via order-dependent evaluation of composed auth

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.1.1
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-09-17

## Affected

- @fastify/auth: from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.1.1

## Description

@fastify/auth is a Fastify plugin that composes multiple authentication and authorization strategies into a single route guard. In versions 5.0.0 through 5.1.0, when strategies are composed with the relation "or" option together with the run "all" option and one entry is a nested array acting as an AND group, the group is evaluated in an order-dependent way: an earlier failing check is silently dropped and the group's result becomes the outcome of its last check. As a result, a request that satisfies only the last member of an AND group, for example an attacker who holds a valid API key but is not an administrator, is authorized instead of rejected, and a related order-dependent bypass affects the mirror configuration where the top-level relation is "and" and a nested group uses "or". The issue is fixed in @fastify/auth 5.1.1, and users should upgrade to 5.1.1 or later. As a workaround, omit the run "all" option where it is not required, order each AND group so its stricter check is evaluated last, or replace nested AND groups with an explicit top-level "and" composition.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on @fastify/auth, upgrade to a fixed version (5.1.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/fastify/fastify-auth/security/advisories/GHSA-7h52-2rwr-m76r
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html

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