# CVE-2026-16732

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-16732
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 6.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-348
- **Published:** Aug 18, 2026
- **Last Modified:** Aug 19, 2026

## Description

fastify is a fast and low overhead web framework for Node.js. Impact: the fix for CVE-2026-3635 added a guard on the forwarded-header reads used to derive the request host, protocol, hostname, ip, and ips values, checking the connecting address. That guard closes the IP, CIDR, and custom-function forms of trustProxy correctly, because those forms compile to predicates that inspect the connecting address. The hop-count form, where trustProxy is set to a number, compiles to a predicate that structurally ignores the address, so the guard is always satisfied for any hop count of one or more. Applications configured with a numeric trustProxy value, such as trustProxy set to 1 for a single reverse proxy, remain vulnerable: an attacker who can reach the Fastify origin directly, bypassing the front-facing proxy, can spoof the forwarded request fields exactly as in the unpatched version. The impact class matches the parent CVE-2026-3635, including host injection in generated URLs, HTTPS-enforcement bypass, secure-cookie and CSRF-origin bypass, and host-based routing and cache poisoning. Affected versions are fastify from 5.8.3 up to but not including 5.12.1. Patches: patched in fastify 5.12.1, where the numeric form of trustProxy is disabled at runtime and removed from the TypeScript type union. Workarounds: migrate to an IP, CIDR, or custom-function trustProxy value that validates the connecting address, and ensure the Fastify origin is only reachable through the trusted proxy chain.

## Affected Products

- fastify — fastify (5.8.3)
- fastify — fastify (5.12.1)

## References

- [CNA](https://github.com/fastify/fastify/security/advisories/GHSA-3m5p-2c4r-xxw2)
- [CNA](https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.14%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 3.5

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._