Next.js vulnerable to cache poisoning via collisions in React Server Component cache-busting

Description

Impact

React Server Component responses can be vulnerable to cache poisoning in deployments that rely on shared caches with insufficient response partitioning. In affected conditions, collisions in the _rsc cache-busting value can allow an attacker to poison cache entries so users receive the wrong response variant for a given URL.

Fix

We strengthened the _rsc cache-busting mechanism to make practical collisions significantly harder and to better separate response variants that should not share cache entries.

Workarounds

If you cannot upgrade immediately, ensure intermediary caches correctly honor Vary for RSC-related request headers, or disable shared caching for affected RSC responses until you can deploy a patched release.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
low
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Published (advisory)
2026-05-11 15:56:48 UTC
Updated
2026-05-14 20:38:34 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2026-05-11 15:56:48 UTC
NVD published
2026-05-13

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.03% 7.10%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
3.7 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-328 Use of Weak Hash

Affected packages (2)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
npm next >= 13.4.6, < 15.5.16 15.5.16
npm next >= 16.0.0, < 16.2.5 16.2.5

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence