CVE-2026-27980CWE-400

Next.js: Unbounded next/image disk cache growth can exhaust storage

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 10.0.0 and prior to version 16.1.7, the default Next.js image optimization disk cache (`/_next/image`) did not have a configurable upper bound, allowing unbounded cache growth. An attacker could generate many unique image-optimization variants and exhaust disk space, causing denial of service. This is fixed in version 16.1.7 by adding an LRU-backed disk cache with `images.maximumDiskCacheSize`, including eviction of least-recently-used entries when the limit is exceeded. Setting `maximumDiskCacheSize: 0` disables disk caching. If upgrading is not immediately possible, periodically clean `.next/cache/images` and/or reduce variant cardinality (e.g., tighten values for `images.localPatterns`, `images.remotePatterns`, and `images.qualities`).

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-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2026-03-18T00:23Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 MAR 00:23Z
    Next.js: Unbounded next/image disk cache growth can exhaust storage
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