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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2022-21721 EUVD-2022-0727GHSA-wr66-vrwm-5g5x

DOS Vulnerability in next.js

Published Jan 28, 2022 · Updated May 5, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Next.js is a React framework. Starting with version 12.0.0 and prior to version 12.0.9, vulnerable code could allow a bad actor to trigger a denial of service attack for anyone using i18n functionality. In order to be affected by this CVE, one must use next start or a custom server and the built-in i18n support. Deployments on Vercel, along with similar environments where invalid requests are filtered before reaching Next.js, are not affected. A patch has been released, `next@12.0.9`, that mitigates this issue. As a workaround, one may ensure `/${locale}/_next/` is blocked from reaching the Next.js instance until it becomes feasible to upgrade.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm next >= 12.0.0, < 12.0.9 12.0.9 GHSA-wr66-vrwm-5g5x

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