Critical severity · published Sep 1, 2026
CVE-2026-75604
Next.js: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution on windows-hosted servers
9.0
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. From 13.4.0 until 15.5.24 and 16.3.3, Next.js applications using Pages Router or App Router without Cache Components on Windows-hosted servers do not consistently escape backslashes in route segments before constructing incremental-cache paths. In packages/next/src/shared/lib/router/utils/escape-path-delimiters.ts and packages/next/src/server/lib/incremental-cache/file-system-cache.ts, a remote request can supply encoded Windows path separators that traverse outside the intended cache root and expose private build data, including the server-reference-manifest encryption key. Disclosure of that key can enable remote code execution in the affected application. This issue is fixed in versions 15.5.24 and 16.3.3.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
next.js · vercel
>= 13.4.0, < 15.5.24; >= 16.0.0, < 16.3.3 · source: vendor
In the news
VulnerabilityCritical
Next.js Patches Critical AVIF and Windows Flaws Enabling Unauthenticated RCE
Credit: Hacktron
Vercel has released security patches for two critical-severity vulnerabilities in the Next.js web framework, both of which allow unauthenticated remote code execution, one exploitable via specially crafted AVIF image files and the other through a path traversal flaw affecting servers that use a Windows filesystem.
The Windows path traversal, tracked as CVE-2026-75604&
Aug 27, 2026·The Hacker News
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75604
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-75604
github.com
https://github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/968b9fcb26bdeb8e0a861a9df05361474666d51b
github.com
https://github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/b0f3460a92b955d3ca41fccff9a525a2b910fbf3
github.com
https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v15.5.24
github.com
https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v16.3.3
github.com
https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-p293-qw3h-jr36
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