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CWE-551

Incorrect Behavior Order: Authorization Before Parsing and Canonicalization

If a web server does not fully parse requested URLs before it examines them for authorization, it may be possible for an attacker to bypass authorization protection.

23
Assigned CVEs
317th
Commonality Rank
8.0
Avg CVSS
0.0%
In CISA KEV

Volume and Severity of Assigned CVEs Over Time

Volume of CVEs assigned to CWE-551 and their average CVSS base score over time.

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Apr 1, 2021
5 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jun 29, 2026
25 days ago

Top CVEs Assigned This CWE

Top CVEs that have been assigned this CWE. A single CVE can have multiple CWE assignments, though many have just one.

23 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2021-34429MEDIUM
For Eclipse Jetty versions 9.4.37-9.4.42, 10.0.1-10.0.5 & 11.0.1-11.0.5, URIs can be crafted using some encoded characters to access the content of the WEB-INF directory and/or byp
Jul 15, 20215.391NOYES
CVE-2021-28164MEDIUM
In Eclipse Jetty 9.4.37.v20210219 to 9.4.38.v20210224, the default compliance mode allows requests with URIs that contain %2e or %2e%2e segments to access protected resources withi
Apr 1, 20215.386NOYES
CVE-2021-28165HIGH
In Eclipse Jetty 7.2.2 to 9.4.38, 10.0.0.alpha0 to 10.0.1, and 11.0.0.alpha0 to 11.0.1, CPU usage can reach 100% upon receiving a large invalid TLS frame.
Apr 1, 20217.554NONO
CVE-2026-33186CRITICAL
gRPC-Go is the Go language implementation of gRPC. Versions prior to 1.79.3 have an authorization bypass resulting from improper input validation of the HTTP/2 `:path` pseudo-heade
Mar 20, 20269.142NONO
CVE-2026-2293CRITICAL
A NestJS application using @nestjs/platform-fastify can allow bypass of authentication/authorization middleware when Fastify path-normalization options are enabled. This issue a
Feb 27, 20269.839NONO
CVE-2026-13676HIGH
fast-uri versions 2.3.1 through 3.1.2 and 4.0.0 fail to canonicalize Unicode (IDN) hostnames for HTTP-family URLs. The IDN conversion path calls a helper that does not exist on the
Jun 29, 20267.537NONO
CVE-2026-44574HIGH
Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. From 15.4.0 to before 15.5.16 and 16.2.5, applications that rely on middleware to protect dynamic routes can
May 13, 20268.136NONO
CVE-2026-39852HIGH
Quarkus is a Java framework for building cloud-native applications. In versions prior to 3.20.6.1, 3.27.3.1, 3.33.1.1, 3.35.1.1, 3.34.7, and 3.35.2, a path normalization inconsiste
May 5, 20268.235NONO
CVE-2026-40022HIGH
When authentication is enabled on the Apache Camel embedded HTTP server or embedded management server (camel-platform-http-main) and a non-root context path such as /api or /admin
Apr 27, 20268.235NONO
CVE-2026-44575HIGH
Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. From 15.2.0 to before 15.5.16 and 16.2.5, App Router applications that rely on middleware or proxy-based chec
May 13, 20267.534NONO
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CVE Severity & Scoring

This CWEGlobal (All CVEs)
0.0-0.9
1.0-1.9
2.0-2.9
3.0-3.9
10%
4.0-4.9
13%
19%
5.0-5.9
16%
6.0-6.9
30%
26%
7.0-7.9
30%
11%
8.0-8.9
26%
14%
9.0-10.0
unknown
CVSS Score Range

Exploit Exposure

Exploit activity across CVEs assigned to this CWE, including CVEs that carry other CWE assignments.

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
2 CVEs
8.7% of CVEs· 98th percentile
Nuclei
2 CVEs
8.7% of CVEs· 97th percentile
ExploitDB
2 CVEs
8.7% of CVEs· 97th percentile

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Media Mentions

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Top Affected Vendors

Top Affected Products