Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-67779

RCE in Vercel Next.Js 13.3.0 – 14.2.35

Published
12 December 2025
Modified
12 December 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.20 97th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-67779 is a high-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in Vercel Next.Js. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique OS Exhaustion Flood (T1499.001); ranked in the top 3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SC-5 (Denial-of-service Protection) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

The vulnerability is an incomplete remediation of CVE-2025-55184 that leaves React Server Components versions 19.0.2, 19.1.3, and 19.2.2 exposed to unsafe deserialization of untrusted payloads sent to Server Function endpoints. The flaw, tracked under CWE-502 and CWE-400, permits specially crafted HTTP requests to trigger an infinite loop inside the server process, resulting in denial of service with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can send a malicious request directly to any exposed Server Function endpoint. Successful exploitation causes the affected Node.js process to hang indefinitely, blocking subsequent legitimate requests and potentially taking the entire application offline without requiring authentication or user interaction.

The referenced advisories at react.dev and the Meta security site recommend upgrading to patched React releases that restore proper input validation on Server Function payloads. Administrators are advised to apply the updates promptly and to review any custom Server Function implementations that accept serialized data from clients.

EPSS remains flat at 0.0165 with no observed increase after disclosure.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

It was found that the fix addressing CVE-2025-55184 in React Server Components was incomplete and does not prevent a denial of service attack in a specific case. React Server Components versions 19.0.2, 19.1.3 and 19.2.2 are affected, allowing unsafe deserialization…

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of payloads from HTTP requests to Server Function endpoints. This can cause an infinite loop that hangs the server process and may prevent future HTTP requests from being served.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1499.001 OS Exhaustion Flood Impact
Adversaries may launch a denial of service (DoS) attack targeting an endpoint's operating system (OS).
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
T1498 Network Denial of Service Impact
Adversaries may perform Network Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to degrade or block the availability of targeted resources to users.
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service Impact
Adversaries may perform Endpoint Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to degrade or block the availability of services to users.
T1499.002 Service Exhaustion Flood Impact
Adversaries may target the different network services provided by systems to conduct a denial of service (DoS).
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-55182Same product: Facebook React
CVE-2025-55184Same product: Facebook React
CVE-2026-23864Same product: Facebook React
CVE-2026-27980Same product: Vercel Next.Js
CVE-2025-59471Same product: Vercel Next.Js
CVE-2024-39693Same product: Vercel Next.Js
CVE-2025-59472Same product: Vercel Next.Js
CVE-2023-32665Shared CWE-400, CWE-502
CVE-2026-21619Shared CWE-400, CWE-502
CVE-2023-32636Shared CWE-400, CWE-502

Affected Assets

facebook
react
19.0.2, 19.1.3, 19.2.2
vercel
next.js
15.6.0, 16.1.0 · 13.3.0 — 14.2.35 · 15.0.0 — 15.0.7 · 15.1.0 — 15.1.11

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation can uncover deserialization flaws before deployment.

SC-5 directly limits the effects of resource-exhaustion events that constitute uncontrolled consumption.

SC-6 enforces explicit allocation limits on resources, structurally preventing the weakness from occurring.

Input validation directly stops deserialization of untrusted data by ensuring inputs are valid before processing.

Engineering principles such as safe deserialization and input sanitization structurally prevent the weakness from being introduced.

Process isolation confines resource consumption to separate domains, reducing blast radius without stopping the root flaw.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.IR-04 mostly match
prevents

Explicitly requires monitoring and maintaining resource capacity, directly addressing uncontrolled consumption to preserve availability.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Continuous monitoring of computing resources can detect resource exhaustion but does not itself enforce allocation limits.

PR.IR-03 partial match
prevents

Resilience mechanisms such as avoiding single points of failure indirectly reduce impact of resource exhaustion.

PR.PS-01 partial match
prevents

Hardened configuration baselines can include resource quotas and limits that constrain consumption.

PR.PS-02 none match
prevents

PR.PS-02 addresses only post-deployment updates/patching and cannot prevent introduction of unsafe deserialization code, yet it can remediate some instances when the flaw exists in outdated libraries or components.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Resource-utilization monitoring and alerting on bottlenecks or overloads limits the impact of denial-of-service or resource-exhaustion attacks.

finds

Security testing includes validation of deserialization routines and the use of untrusted data, reducing the likelihood that unsafe object reconstruction will be deployed.

prevents

By continuously monitoring utilization, stress-testing peak loads, and maintaining documented plans to scale or throttle resources, the control directly limits an attacker’s ability to drive a system into uncontrolled resource exhaustion.

finds

Pre-agreed severity-based prioritization and resource allocation during incident triage reduce the likelihood that an attacker-induced resource exhaustion will overwhelm the organization before corrective action is taken.

mitigates

Business-continuity plans that include resource-management controls reduce the likelihood that an attacker can trigger uncontrolled resource consumption by forcing the system into a degraded or fallback state.

mitigates

Defining RTOs and capacity requirements for ICT services during business-impact analysis forces organizations to provision sufficient resources and throttling mechanisms, reducing the likelihood that an attacker can induce denial-of-service through uncontrolled resource consumption.

References