Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting next package, versions >=15.0.0-rc.0 <15.5.16>=16.0.0-beta.0 <16.2.5
Threat Intelligence
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- published11 May 2026
- disclosed11 May 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 11 May 2026
NewCVE-2026-44579 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade next to version 15.5.16, 16.2.5 or higher.
Overview
next is a react framework.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling involving Partial Prerendering in the Cache Components feature. An attacker can exhaust the connection pool by sending malicious POST requests that cause a deadlock. This, in turn, causes connections to be left open and consumes file descriptors and server capacity.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by blocking requests containing the next-resume header at the edge.