Denial of service in Next.js

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU103115

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-56332

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources in Server Actions handler. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to force the server to keep connections open and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Next.js: 13.0.0 - 15.1.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:zeit:nextjs:13.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:zeit:nextjs:13.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:zeit:nextjs:13.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:zeit:nextjs:13.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:zeit:nextjs:13.4.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:zeit:nextjs:13.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:zeit:nextjs:14.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:zeit:nextjs:14.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:zeit:nextjs:14.2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:zeit:nextjs:15.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-7m27-7ghc-44w9

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.