Vulnerability in next (CVE-2026-44579)
Summary
Vulnerability in next (CVE-2026-44579). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 16.2.5 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-44579 has been found in next.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: upgrade next to 16.2.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "next CVE-2026-44579" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-44579 (next) — CWE-770 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 16.2.5 — apply immediately
Workaround: If you cannot upgrade immediately, block requests that would be handled by Next.js if they contain the Next-Resume header at the edge.
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-770) exists in next.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of next.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 16.2.5.
Workaround: If you cannot upgrade immediately, block requests that would be handled by Next.js if they contain the Next-Resume header at the edge.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'next' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'next' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
nextを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply temporary workaround mitigate
If you cannot upgrade immediately, block requests that would be handled by Next.js if they contain the `Next-Resume` header at the edge.パッチが適用されるまでの応急処置として、If you cannot upgrade immediately, block requests that would be handled by Next.js if they contain the
Next-Resumeheader at the edge. を実施。回避策の副作用 (機能低下) を確認した上で。 -
3Apply patch patch
Upgrade next to 16.2.5ステージング環境で 16.2.5 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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4Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- patch security-advisories@github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web access.redhat.com
- web bugzilla.redhat.com
- web security.access.redhat.com
- web access.redhat.com
- web access.redhat.com
- web access.redhat.com
- web access.redhat.com