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CVE

CVE-2026-18248

@fastify/aws-lambda vulnerable to Lambda event spoofing via client-controlled x-apigateway-event header
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CVE

CVE-2026-18248

@fastify/aws-lambda vulnerable to Lambda event spoofing via client-controlled x-apigateway-event header

@fastify/aws-lambda version 6.4.0 decorates each Fastify request with request.awsLambda.event and request.awsLambda.context, values that applications are documented to use for authorization decisions such as reading API Gateway authorizer claims. In the default configuration, the getter that populates this decoration reads the client-controlled x-apigateway-event and x-apigateway-context HTTP headers before falling back to the trusted internal request token, and those reserved headers are not stripped from the incoming event. An unauthenticated attacker who can set a single HTTP header can therefore forge the entire Lambda proxy event, including the authorizer context, and override the genuine one. This results in a full authentication and authorization bypass and privilege escalation for any application that trusts request.awsLambda.event for identity or access control. Only version 6.4.0 is affected. Patches: upgrade to @fastify/aws-lambda 6.4.1, which resolves the decoration only through the internal per-invocation token and strips the reserved headers before the request is processed.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
9.1
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
C
H
U
0
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
C
H
U
-

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References

https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/18xxx/CVE-2026-18248.json, https://github.com/fastify/aws-lambda-fastify/security/advisories/GHSA-m93c-jj3f-68ph, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18248

Severity

9.1

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Base CVSS
9.1
EPSS Probability
0.00207%
EPSS Percentile
0.10822%
Introduced Version
732acd521c41dbe7086b39078d28283e6030817a
Fix Available
0aada025f513190ad2fca6c1b549cd140453710f

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