Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in react-router-dom (CVE-2026-53668)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in react-router-dom (CVE-2026-53668). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.30.6 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Applications with open redirects could permit attacker crafted links to result in redirects to unexpected external location or XSS vectors.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-53668 has been found in react-router-dom.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 6.9/10.
What to do: upgrade react-router-dom to 6.30.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "react-router-dom CVE-2026-53668" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-53668 (react-router-dom) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 6.9
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Patched: 6.30.6 — apply immediately
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.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in react-router-dom.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of react-router-dom.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.9/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 6.30.6.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'react-router-dom' . 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 'react-router-dom' . | 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
react-router-domを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade react-router-dom to 6.30.6ステージング環境で 6.30.6 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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3Post-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
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