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Unscored GO-2026-4950

Authorization bypass via double-encoded paths in github.com/valyala/fasthttp

Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 19, 2026 · Assigned by GO

Description

In github.com/valyala/fasthttp before 1.70.0, ServeFile and ServeFS reinterpret filesystem paths as URIs, decoding percent-encoded sequences and treating characters like '?' and '#' as URI delimiters. In applications where authorization guards inspect ctx.Path() before passing paths to file-serving handlers, double-encoded path variants (e.g., /%2561dmin/export.csv) bypass access controls while still resolving to the protected file on disk.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/valyala/fasthttp < 1.70.0 1.70.0 GO-2026-4950

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