CVE-2026-44577: Next.js: Denial of Service in the Image Optimization API
Description
Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. From 10.0.0 to before 15.5.16 and 16.2.5, when self-hosting Next.js with the default image loader, the Image Optimization API fetches local images entirely into memory without enforcing a maximum size limit. An attacker could cause out-of-memory conditions by requesting large local assets from the /_next/image endpoint that match the images.localPatterns configuration (by default, all patterns are allowed). This vulnerability is fixed in 15.5.16 and 16.2.5.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · CWE-770
Tracked companies
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Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Red Hat: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3Red Hat: Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.3Red Hat: Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.4Red Hat: Streams for Apache Kafka 2.9.4Red Hat: streams for Apache Kafka 3vercel: next.js
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-h64f-5h5j-jqjh (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)
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- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)