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GHSA-7m27-7ghc-44w9

MediumCVSS 5.3 / 10
Published Jan 3, 2025·Last modified Feb 4, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

A Denial of Service (DoS) attack allows attackers to construct requests that leaves requests to Server Actions hanging until the hosting provider cancels the function execution.

Note: Next.js server is idle during that time and only keeps the connection open. CPU and memory footprint are low during that time.

Deployments without any protection against long running Server Action invocations are especially vulnerable. Hosting providers like Vercel or Netlify set a default maximum duration on function execution to reduce the risk of excessive billing.

This is the same issue as if the incoming HTTP request has an invalid Content-Length header or never closes. If the host has no other mitigations to those then this vulnerability is novel.

This vulnerability affects only Next.js deployments using Server Actions.

Patches

This vulnerability was resolved in Next.js 14.2.21, 15.1.2, and 13.5.8. We recommend that users upgrade to a safe version.

Workarounds

There are no official workarounds for this vulnerability.

Credits

Thanks to the PackDraw team for responsibly disclosing this vulnerability.

Risk Scores
Base Score
5.3

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a low impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
4.9

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.81%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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