Next.js: Cache confusion of response bodies for requests with bodies containing invalid UTF-8 byte sequences
Impact
A server-side fetch with a request body may return a cached response body from a different request to the same URL but different body. Confidential data in the POST's response body would then leak to unauthorized requests. Though the request itself will not be deduped.
This is only an issue when receiving request bodies with a content type charset other than UTF-8. For example, the UTF-16 byte sequences for 삃삃 and 섄섄 in the request body would share the same cache.
Workarounds
If you cannot upgrade, consider only making fetch requests with UTF-8 bodies (default in Next.js). Applications using Pages Router are not vulnerable.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | next | >= 13.0.0, < 15.5.21, >= 16.0.0, < 16.2.11 | 15.5.21, 16.2.11 |
References
- https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-4633-3j49-mh5q
- https://github.com/vercel/next.js/pull/96008
- https://github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/025bf4a5f7b47fb7758c4ebf1c931a61c451c082
- https://github.com/vercel/next.js
- https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v15.5.21
- https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v16.2.11
- CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-116- Platform
- npm
- Package
next- Disclosed
- 22.07.2026
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-4633-3j49-mh5q - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: next
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- Total entries
- 73
- First → latest
- 12.2017 10.2026
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Critical 5
- High 27
- Medium 32
- Low 9
Disclosures per year
- 2017: 1
- 2018: 2
- 2019: 0
- 2020: 3
- 2021: 3
- 2022: 3
- 2023: 1
- 2024: 6
- 2025: 14
- 2026: 40
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