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Next.js: Large File Uploads Can Crash Server

GHSA-h27x-g6w4-24gq CVE-2026-27979
Summary

Some Next.js servers can crash if an attacker sends a very large file, causing the server to run out of memory. This is because Next.js doesn't always check the size of large file uploads. To protect your server, update to the latest version of Next.js or block uploads from unknown sources.

What to do
  • Update vercel-release-bot next to version 16.1.7.
Affected software
VendorProductAffected versionsFix available
vercel-release-bot next > 16.0.1 , <= 16.1.7 16.1.7
Original title
Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. Starting in version 16.0.1 and prior to version 16.1.7, a request containing the `next-resume: 1` header (corresponding with a...
Original description
Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. Starting in version 16.0.1 and prior to version 16.1.7, a request containing the `next-resume: 1` header (corresponding with a PPR resume request) would buffer request bodies without consistently enforcing `maxPostponedStateSize` in certain setups. The previous mitigation protected minimal-mode deployments, but equivalent non-minimal deployments remained vulnerable to the same unbounded postponed resume-body buffering behavior. In applications using the App Router with Partial Prerendering capability enabled (via `experimental.ppr` or `cacheComponents`), an attacker could send oversized `next-resume` POST payloads that were buffered without consistent size enforcement in non-minimal deployments, causing excessive memory usage and potential denial of service. This is fixed in version 16.1.7 by enforcing size limits across all postponed-body buffering paths and erroring when limits are exceeded. If upgrading is not immediately possible, block requests containing the `next-resume` header, as this is never valid to be sent from an untrusted client.
ghsa CVSS4.0 6.9
Vulnerability type
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits
Published: 18 Mar 2026 · Updated: 18 Mar 2026 · First seen: 17 Mar 2026