fast-uri vulnerable to scheme injection via an unescaped first-segment colon in suffix references
### Impact `fast-uri`'s `serialize()`, `normalize()`, and `resolve()`, when called with the non-default option `reference: 'suffix'` on a reference that has no authority, emit a relative reference whose first path segment contains a bare colon without escaping it. RFC 3986 section 3.3 requires the first segment of a `path-noscheme` reference not to contain a colon, precisely because a bare colon makes the string reparse as an absolute URI with a scheme. `fast-uri`'s default serialization escapes that colon, but the suffix path does not. For example, `normalize('javascript:alert(1)', { reference: 'suffix' })` returns `javascript:alert(1)`, which reparses as a live `javascript:` scheme; `data:` and `vbscript:` behave the same. Applications that serialize or normalize a relative reference with `reference: 'suffix'` and then treat the result as a URI can turn inert input into a live `javascript:`, `data:`, or `vbscript:` URL (a cross-site scripting vector), and `equal()` can conflate a scheme-bearing reference with a relative one. Exposure is limited to applications that use the non-default `reference: 'suffix'` option. ### Patches Upgrade to `fast-uri` `2.4.8`, `3.1.9`, or `4.2.3`. ### Workarounds Do not use the `reference: 'suffix'` option on untrusted input. If suffix output is required, percent-encode a colon in the first path segment of the result before treating it as a URI.
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| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-110725US | — | — | ||
fast-uri is a dependency-free RFC 3986 URI parser and serializer for Node.js. In versions before 2.4.8, from 3.0.0 through 3.1.8, and from 4.0.0 through 4.2.2, when serialize(), no… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.htmlWEB
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uriPACKAGE
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/commit/39e6493c1356f30a0084171627eb266786e1620eWEB
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/commit/a9b8d67353630aab053cd727cf629023dd018d2bWEB
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/releases/tag/v2.4.8WEB
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/releases/tag/v3.1.9WEB
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/releases/tag/v4.2.3WEB
- https://github.com/fastify/fast-uri/security/advisories/GHSA-333x-w4r6-6crpWEB
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