Next.js: Middleware / Proxy bypass in App Router applications using Turbopack and single locale
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 8 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. In versions 16.0.0 through 16.2.10, crafted requests targeting Next.js applications using App Router built with Turbopack and a single entry in config.i18n.locales can bypass middleware/proxy based authentication. This issue has been fixed in version 16.2.11.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 | 16.0.0 to before 16.2.11 | 16.2.11 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | next (npm) | 16.0.0 to before 16.2.11 | 16.2.11 | Patch available | GHSA-6gpp-xcg3-4w24 |
- next.js Vendorvercel Affected 16.0.0 to before 16.2.11 Fixed in 16.2.11 Patch available CNA
- next (npm) Vendor— Affected 16.0.0 to before 16.2.11 Fixed in 16.2.11 Patch available GHSA-6gpp-xcg3-4w24
Remediation
- Fix · CNA next.js (vercel) Fixed in 16.2.11
- Fix · GHSA-6gpp-xcg3-4w24 next (npm) Fixed in 16.2.11 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 6 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Connectivity Link 1 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 20 products
- Cryostat 4
- Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2
- Red Hat AMQ Broker 7
- Red Hat Build of Keycloak
- Red Hat Data Grid 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4
- Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3
- Red Hat build of Quarkus
- streams for Apache Kafka 2
- streams for Apache Kafka 3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-64642
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6gpp-xcg3-4w24
- 2026-10-16 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Patch 2
More vercel Next.js vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-34861 Deserialization of untrusted data in Meta react-server-dom-webpack KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- 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-2026-64642 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-64642 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6gpp-xcg3-4w24 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-64642 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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