diff --git a/src/websec_validator/extractors/routes.py b/src/websec_validator/extractors/routes.py
index dc3627d..7bcc491 100644
--- a/src/websec_validator/extractors/routes.py
+++ b/src/websec_validator/extractors/routes.py
@@ -422,10 +422,87 @@ def _handler_signal_count(ctx: RepoContext) -> int:
 
 # ---- regex fallback (Noir absent — decorator/file frameworks the heuristic doesn't cover) ----
 
+def _fallback_openapi(ctx: RepoContext) -> list:
+    rows = []
+    import json
+    from .base import SKIP_DIRS
+    for p in ctx.root.rglob("*"):
+        if p.is_file() and p.suffix.lower() in {".json", ".yaml", ".yml"}:
+            try:
+                if any(part in SKIP_DIRS for part in p.relative_to(ctx.root).parts):
+                    continue
+            except ValueError:
+                continue
+            if ctx._excluded(str(p)):
+                continue
+            try:
+                text = p.read_text(errors="ignore")
+                if not re.search(r"^(?:openapi|swagger)[\s'\":]", text, re.I | re.M) and '"openapi"' not in text and '"swagger"' not in text:
+                    continue
+                rel = ctx.rel(p)
+                # Naive openapi parsing for fallback using json/yaml if available or naive regex fallback
+                if p.suffix == ".json":
+                    try:
+                        data = json.loads(text)
+                        for path, methods in data.get("paths", {}).items():
+                            for method in methods.keys():
+                                if method.upper() in {"GET", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE", "OPTIONS", "HEAD"}:
+                                    rows.append({
+                                        "method": method.upper(),
+                                        "path": path,
+                                        "params": [],
+                                        "technology": "openapi",
+                                        "code_path": rel,
+                                        "source": "fallback-openapi"
+                                    })
+                        continue
+                    except:
+                        pass
+
+                in_paths = False
+                current_path = None
+                path_indent = -1
+                for line in text.splitlines():
+                    stripped = line.strip()
+                    if not stripped or stripped.startswith("#"):
+                        continue
+                    if re.match(r"^['\"]?paths['\"]?\s*:", line.lstrip()):
+                        in_paths = True
+                        path_indent = len(line) - len(line.lstrip())
+                        continue
+
+                    if in_paths:
+                        indent = len(line) - len(line.lstrip())
+                        if indent <= path_indent and not stripped.startswith(("}", "]")) and stripped != "":
+                            in_paths = False
+                            continue
+
+                        path_match = re.match(r"^['\"]?(/[^'\"]*)['\"]?\s*:", stripped)
+                        if path_match:
+                            current_path = path_match.group(1)
+                            continue
+
+                        if current_path:
+                            method_match = re.match(r"^['\"]?(get|post|put|patch|delete|options|head)['\"]?\s*:", stripped, re.I)
+                            if method_match:
+                                rows.append({
+                                    "method": method_match.group(1).upper(),
+                                    "path": current_path,
+                                    "params": [],
+                                    "technology": "openapi",
+                                    "code_path": rel,
+                                    "source": "fallback-openapi"
+                                })
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+    return rows
+
+
 def _fallback(ctx: RepoContext) -> list:
     rows = []
     rows += _fallback_next_app_router(ctx)
     rows += _fallback_regex(ctx)
+    rows += _fallback_openapi(ctx)
     rows += _router_calls(ctx)           # generic router calls (Express/itty/Hono/Workers)
     # clean + filter noise + de-dup on (method, path)
     seen, out = set(), []
diff --git a/tests/test_hooks.py b/tests/test_hooks.py
index 17e1a92..21e42f5 100644
--- a/tests/test_hooks.py
+++ b/tests/test_hooks.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def _init_repo(root: Path) -> None:
     subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-q"], cwd=root, check=True)
     subprocess.run(["git", "config", "user.email", "t@example.com"], cwd=root, check=True)
     subprocess.run(["git", "config", "user.name", "t"], cwd=root, check=True)
+    subprocess.run(["git", "config", "core.hooksPath", ".git/hooks"], cwd=root, check=True)
 
 
 @unittest.skipUnless(HAVE_GIT, "git not available")
diff --git a/tests/test_pentest_regressions.py b/tests/test_pentest_regressions.py
index 734194f..26e848f 100644
--- a/tests/test_pentest_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_pentest_regressions.py
@@ -651,3 +651,24 @@ def test_no_cookie_no_noise(self):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
+
+class OpenapiRouteFallbackTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_openapi_json_extraction(self):
+        d = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        (Path(d) / "openapi.json").write_text('{"openapi": "3.0.0", "paths": {"/test": {"get": {}}}}')
+        ctx = RepoContext(Path(d))
+        from websec_validator.extractors.routes import _fallback_openapi
+        routes = _fallback_openapi(ctx)
+        self.assertEqual(len(routes), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(routes[0]["method"], "GET")
+        self.assertEqual(routes[0]["path"], "/test")
+
+    def test_openapi_yaml_extraction(self):
+        d = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        (Path(d) / "openapi.yaml").write_text("openapi: 3.0.0\npaths:\n  /test2:\n    post:\n")
+        ctx = RepoContext(Path(d))
+        from websec_validator.extractors.routes import _fallback_openapi
+        routes = _fallback_openapi(ctx)
+        self.assertEqual(len(routes), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(routes[0]["method"], "POST")
+        self.assertEqual(routes[0]["path"], "/test2")