GHSA-7m27-7ghc-44w9

Next.js Allows a Denial of Service (DoS) with Server Actions

At a glance

Published
Updated
CVE
CVE-2024-56332
CVSS_V3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Description

### Impact A Denial of Service (DoS) attack allows attackers to construct requests that leaves requests to Server Actions hanging until the hosting provider cancels the function execution. _Note: Next.js server is idle during that time and only keeps the connection open. CPU and memory footprint are low during that time._ Deployments without any protection against long running Server Action invocations are especially vulnerable. Hosting providers like Vercel or Netlify set a default maximum duration on function execution to reduce the risk of excessive billing. This is the same issue as if the incoming HTTP request has an invalid `Content-Length` header or never closes. If the host has no other mitigations to those then this vulnerability is novel. This vulnerability affects only Next.js deployments using Server Actions. ### Patches This vulnerability was resolved in Next.js 14.2.21, 15.1.2, and 13.5.8. We recommend that users upgrade to a safe version. ### Workarounds There are no official workarounds for this vulnerability. ### Credits Thanks to the PackDraw team for responsibly disclosing this vulnerability.

Affected packages

PackageVersions
npm · nextintroduced 13.0.0, fixed 13.5.8
npm · nextintroduced 14.0.0, fixed 14.2.21
npm · nextintroduced 15.0.0, fixed 15.1.2

References

Sources

SourceLicence
OSV.devCC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database