Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting next package, versions >=10.0.0 <14.2.7 >=15.0.0-canary.0 <15.0.0-canary.109


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-NEXT-8186172
  • published 15 Oct 2024
  • disclosed 14 Oct 2024
  • credit Brandon Dahler, Dimitrios Vlastaras

How to fix?

Upgrade next to version 14.2.7, 15.0.0-canary.109 or higher.

Overview

next is a react framework.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion through the image optimization feature. An attacker can cause excessive CPU consumption by exploiting this vulnerability.

Workaround

Ensure that the next.config.js file has either images.unoptimized, images.loader or images.loaderFile assigned.

References

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

Recommended
8.2 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    Present
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None