GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-mg66-mrh9-m8jx Next.js vulnerable to Denial of Service via connection exhaustion in applications using Cache Components

HIGH Published 2026-05-11 Modified 2026-05-14 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-44579
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
next
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-770
Reviewed
2026-05-11

Affected packages

• npm next: >= 15.0.0, < 15.5.16 → fixed in 15.5.16 • npm next: >= 16.0.0, < 16.2.5 → fixed in 16.2.5

Description

Impact Applications using Partial Prerendering through the Cache Components feature can be vulnerable to connection exhaustion through crafted POST requests to a server action. In affected configurations, a malicious request can trigger a request-body handling deadlock that leaves connections open for an extended period, consuming file descriptors and server capacity until legitimate users are denied service. Fix We now treat the header used for resuming Partial Prerendered requests as an internal-only header and strip it from untrusted incoming requests. This header should never be accepted directly from external clients. Workarounds If you cannot upgrade immediately, block requests that would be handled by Next.js if they contain the `Next-Resume` header at the edge.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-44579 Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

References