CVE-2026-27980 PUBLISHED

Next.js: Unbounded next/image disk cache growth can exhaust storage

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 25.02.2026 Published: 18.03.2026 Updated: 18.03.2026

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).

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor vercel
Product next.js
Versions
  • Version >= 10.0.0, < 16.1.7 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE