FastAPI is a web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints. FastAPI versions lower than 0.65.2 that used cookies for authentication in path operations that received JSON payloads sent by browsers were vulnerable to a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack. In versions lower than 0.65.2, FastAPI would try to read the request payload as JSON even if the content-type header sent was not set to application/json or a compatible JSON media type (e.g. application/geo+json). A request with a content type of text/plain containing JSON data would be accepted and the JSON data would be extracted. Requests with content type text/plain are exempt from CORS preflights, for being considered Simple requests. The browser will execute them right away including cookies, and the text content could be a JSON string that would be parsed and accepted by the FastAPI application. This is fixed in FastAPI 0.65.2. The request data is now parsed as JSON only if the content-type header is application/json or another JSON compatible media type like application/geo+json. It's best to upgrade to the latest FastAPI, but if updating is not possible then a middleware or a dependency that checks the content-type header and aborts the request if it is not application/json or another JSON compatible content type can act as a mitigating workaround.
CVE-2021-32677
This high-severity CVE scores 8.2 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.8%, top 48% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.2
- EG Score
- 8.2(medium)
- EG Risk
- 42(Track)EG Risk 42/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity82% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 54%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 9, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Sep 8, 2026[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: python-fastapi-0.65.2-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MATAWX25TYKNEKLDMKWNLYDB34UWTROA/Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in FastAPI · Advisory · fastapi/fastapi · GitHub
https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/security/advisories/GHSA-8h2j-cgx8-6xv7commit fa7e3c996edf (tiangolo/fastapi)
Patch available: tiangolo/fastapi 0.135.4 (contains commit fa7e3c996edf)
https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/commit/fa7e3c996edf2d5482fff8f9d890ac2390dede4dAffected Packages
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| fastapi | 0.100.0-1 ... 0.92.0-1 (28 versions) | — | — |
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| fastapi | — | 0.70.0-1 | — |
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| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
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| fastapi | — | 0.70.0-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
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| fastapi | — | 0.70.0-1 | — |
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
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| fastapi | 0.1.0 ... 0.9.1 (116 versions) | 0.65.2 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
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