CVE-2026-27979CWE-770

Next.js: Unbounded postponed resume buffering can lead to DoS

Medium · published March 18, 2026

CVSS v4.0
6.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
58.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.9 · MEDIUM
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
EPSS
0.00874 · 58.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2026-03-18T00:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 MAR 00:13Z
    Next.js: Unbounded postponed resume buffering can lead to DoS
    cvelistv5