Resource exhaustion in Next.js - CVE-2023-46298
Published: March 20, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105892
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: vercel
Affected software:
Next.js
Next.js
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-46298
Install updates from vendor's website.