Resource exhaustion in Next.js



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-46298
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 next.js
Server applications / Frameworks for developing and running applications

Vendor vercel

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU105892

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46298

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to Next.js lacks a cache-control header and thus empty prefetch responses may sometimes be cached by a CDN. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

next.js: 13.4.20.0 - 13.4.20.23

CPE2.3 External links

https://github.com/vercel/next.js/issues/45301
https://github.com/vercel/next.js/compare/v13.4.20-canary.12...v13.4.20-canary.13
https://github.com/vercel/next.js/pull/54732


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.



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