CVE-2026-27980: Next.js: Unbounded next/image disk cache growth can exhaust storage
Description
Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. Starting in version 10.0.0 and prior to version 16.1.7, the default Next.js image optimization disk cache (`/_next/image`) did not have a configurable upper bound, allowing unbounded cache growth. An attacker could generate many unique image-optimization variants and exhaust disk space, causing denial of service. This is fixed in version 16.1.7 by adding an LRU-backed disk cache with `images.maximumDiskCacheSize`, including eviction of least-recently-used entries when the limit is exceeded. Setting `maximumDiskCacheSize: 0` disables disk caching. If upgrading is not immediately possible, periodically clean `.next/cache/images` and/or reduce variant cardinality (e.g., tighten values for `images.localPatterns`, `images.remotePatterns`, and `images.qualities`).
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · CWE-400
Tracked companies
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Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
vercel: next.js
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/39eb8e0ac498b48855a0430fbf4c22276a73b4bd (opens in new tab)
- github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v16.1.7 (opens in new tab)
- github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-3x4c-7xq6-9pq8 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)