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TI-2026-15004 Aliases CVE-2026-18248

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

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-345Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-345.

Summary

@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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00378 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed @fastify/aws-lambda (@fastify/aws-lambda): 6.4.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
@fastify/aws-lambda@fastify/aws-lambda6.4.0 to before 6.4.16.4.1Patch availableCNA
  • @fastify/aws-lambda Vendor@fastify/aws-lambda Affected 6.4.0 to before 6.4.1 Fixed in 6.4.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fastify:fastify\/aws-lambda:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*6.4.0Vulnerablefastify
  • cpe:2.3:a:fastify:fastify\/aws-lambda:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 6.4.0 Vulnerable ·fastify

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA @fastify/aws-lambda (@fastify/aws-lambda) Fixed in 6.4.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-18248

References

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