High severity · published Oct 22, 2023
CVE-2023-46298
Next.js before 13.4.20-canary.13 lacks a cache-control header and thus empty prefetch responses may sometimes be cached by a CDN, causing a denial of service to all users…
7.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Next.js before 13.4.20-canary.13 lacks a cache-control header and thus empty prefetch responses may sometimes be cached by a CDN, causing a denial of service to all users requesting the same URL via that CDN.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Next.js · Vercel
before 13.4.20; 13.4.20; 13.4.20; 13.4.20; 13.4.20; 13.4.20; +8 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46298
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46298
Product
https://github.com/vercel/next.js/compare/v13.4.20-canary.12...v13.4.20-canary.13
Exploit
https://github.com/vercel/next.js/issues/45301
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/vercel/next.js/pull/54732
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