Critical flaw in Next.js lets hackers bypass authorization
- A critical vulnerability in Next.js allows attackers to bypass authorization checks, tracked as CVE-2025-29927, affecting self-hosted versions using 'next start' with 'output: standalone' according to Next.js' security bulletin.
- The vulnerability enables an attacker to send requests bypassing critical security checks, impacting all Next.js versions before 15.2.3, as stated by researchers Allam Rachid and Allam Yasser.
- Vercel released a patch for the vulnerability on March 18, 2025, and published a security advisory on March 21, 2025, addressing this critical vulnerability.
- Concerns linger regarding Vercel's response and communication about the vulnerability, as indicated by CISO Ty Sbano, who noted, 'There has been understandable concern that our communication with partners during this incident did not meet our typical standards.
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Researchers raise alarm about critical Next.js vulnerability
Researchers warn that attackers could exploit a recently discovered critical vulnerability in the open-source JavaScript framework Next.js to bypass authorization in middleware and gain access to targeted systems. Vercel, the San Francisco-based company that created and maintains Next.js, released a patch for CVE-2025-29927 in Next.js 15.2.3 on March 18 and published a security advisory on March 21. Researchers Allam Rachid and Allam Yasser disc…
NextJS security flaw: Critical 9.1 vulnerability lets attackers bypass authentication via middleware - Tech Startups
Security researchers have uncovered a major flaw in the Next.js React framework that makes it possible to bypass middleware-based access control. The discovery came last Friday—right after an unlucky developer pushed to production (on a Friday, of all days). Next.js […] The post NextJS security flaw: Critical 9.1 vulnerability lets attackers bypass authentication via middleware first appeared on Tech Startups.
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