Next.js: Unbounded postponed resume buffering can lead to DoS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. Starting in version 16.0.1 and prior to version 16.1.7, a request containing the `next-resume: 1` header (corresponding with a PPR resume request) would buffer request bodies without consistently enforcing `maxPostponedStateSize` in certain setups. The previous mitigation protected minimal-mode deployments, but equivalent non-minimal deployments remained vulnerable to the same unbounded postponed resume-body buffering behavior. In applications using the App Router with Partial Prerendering capability enabled (via `experimental.ppr` or `cacheComponents`), an attacker could send oversized `next-resume` POST payloads that were buffered without consistent size enforcement in non-minimal deployments, causing excessive memory usage and potential denial of service. This is fixed in version 16.1.7 by enforcing size limits across all postponed-body buffering paths and erroring when limits are exceeded. If upgrading is not immediately possible, block requests containing the `next-resume` header, as this is never valid to be sent from an untrusted client.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vercel | next.js | 16.0.1 to before 16.1.7 | 16.1.7 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | next (npm) | 16.0.1 to before 16.1.7 | 16.1.7 | Patch available | GHSA-h27x-g6w4-24gq |
- next.js Vendorvercel Affected 16.0.1 to before 16.1.7 Fixed in 16.1.7 Patch available CNA
- next (npm) Vendor— Affected 16.0.1 to before 16.1.7 Fixed in 16.1.7 Patch available GHSA-h27x-g6w4-24gq
Remediation
- Fix · CNA next.js (vercel) Fixed in 16.1.7
- Fix · GHSA-h27x-g6w4-24gq next (npm) Fixed in 16.1.7 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer | Affected | No fix yet |
| streams for Apache Kafka 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| streams for Apache Kafka 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-27979
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h27x-g6w4-24gq
References
Advisory 2
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- TI-2025-21309 Authorization Bypass in Next.js Middleware CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2025-34863 Deserialization of untrusted data in Meta react-server-dom-webpack CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-31371 Cache Poisoning in next.js CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-24914 Next.js before 13.4.20-canary.13 lacks a cache-control header and thus empty prefetch… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-32490 Next.js: Server-side request forgery in applications using WebSocket upgrades CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-27979 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-27979 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h27x-g6w4-24gq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-27979 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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