@fastify/oauth2 vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery due to reused Oauth2 stateGHSA-g8x5-p9qc-cf95
HIGHFix: fastify/fastify-oauth2@bff756bGHSA-g8x5-p9qc-cf95 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.4) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in @fastify/oauth2. 1 public exploit or proof-of-concept reference is indexed, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for @fastify/oauth2 — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-g8x5-p9qc-cf95.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
@fastify/oauth2npmDescription
Impact
All versions of @fastify/oauth2 used a statically generated state parameter at startup time and were used across all requests for all users.
The purpose of the Oauth2 state parameter is to prevent Cross-Site-Request-Forgery attacks. As such, it should be unique per user and should be connected to the user's session in some way that will allow the server to validate it.
Patches
v7.2.0 changes the default behavior to store the state in a cookie with the http-only and same-site=lax attributes set. The state is now by default generated for every user.
Note that this contains a breaking change in the checkStateFunction function, which now accepts the full Request object.
Workarounds
There are no known workarounds.
References
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | @fastify/oauth2 | all versions | 7.2.0npm install @fastify/oauth2@7.2.0 |
Affected Products
oauth2fastifyResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for @fastify/oauth2, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update @fastify/oauth2 to 7.2.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-g8x5-p9qc-cf95 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
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