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MEDIUM4.8

GHSA-hrr3-gc8f-f4qj

fast-uri vulnerable to inconsistent host case normalization via percent-encoded octets

Quick fix

GHSA-hrr3-gc8f-f4qj — fast-uri: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install fast-uri@2.4.7

Details

### Impact

`fast-uri` folds the host to lowercase before it percent-decodes the host, so a percent-encoded uppercase unreserved octet such as `%41` decodes to a literal `A` that is never folded. For a scheme-relative reference (`//host`) there is no scheme, so the host canonicalization that repairs this on a scheme-bearing URL does not run. As a result `parse`, `normalize`, and `equal` disagree on the same host: `parse("//%41.com").host` returns `"A.com"` while `parse("//a.com").host` and `parse("//A.com").host` return `"a.com"`, and `equal("//%41.com", "//a.com")` is `false` even though `equal("//A.com", "//a.com")` is `true`. An application that makes a case-sensitive host decision on `fast-uri` output for a scheme-relative reference, for example a host allowlist or denylist that compares `parse(url).host` or uses `fast-uri.equal`, can be steered past the check with a percent-encoded uppercase octet. Because a hostname is case-insensitive in DNS and HTTP routing, the evading spelling reaches the same host the check meant to gate, so the effect is check evasion rather than reaching a different registrable host.

### Patches

Upgrade to `fast-uri` 4.1.5, 3.1.8, or 2.4.7.

### Workarounds

Compare hosts case-insensitively (lowercase the parsed host before any allowlist or denylist decision), or avoid making case-sensitive host decisions on scheme-relative input until upgrading.

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Affected packages

npm/fast-uri
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 2.4.7
Fixnpm install fast-uri@2.4.7
npm/fast-uri
Introduced in: 3.0.0Fixed in: 3.1.8
Fixnpm install fast-uri@3.1.8
npm/fast-uri
Introduced in: 4.0.0Fixed in: 4.1.5
Fixnpm install fast-uri@4.1.5

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