CVE-2026-6270 | @fastify/middie vulnerable to middleware authentication bypass in child plugin scopes

Exp

@fastify/middie versions 9.3.1 and earlier do not register inherited middleware directly on child plugin engine instances. When a Fastify application registers authentication middleware in a parent scope and then registers child plugins with @fastify/middie, the child scope does not inherit the parent middleware. This allows unauthenticated requests to reach routes defined in child plugin scopes, bypassing authentication and authorization checks. Upgrade to @fastify/middie 9.3.2 to fix this issue. There are no workarounds.

Published: 2026-04-16 Last update: 2026-05-14 Assigner: ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb Source: ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-6270 is rated Exploit Available (57.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2026-6270

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-6270

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-23 0.03% 0.06% +0.03%
2 2026-04-17 0.03%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-6270

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.1 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 5.2 ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-6270

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-6270

GHSA-72c6-fx6q-fr5w · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: npm — @fastify/middie vulnerable to middleware authentication bypass in child plugin scopes

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-6270

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fastify fastify\/middie < 9.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:fastify:fastify\/middie:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

References for CVE-2026-6270

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