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

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CVE-2026-27980 · CVE overview and exploitation status

EUVD-2026-12694

GHSA-3x4c-7xq6-9pq8

cve-program · CVE-2026-27980

• https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-3x4c-7xq6-9pq8
• https://github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/39eb8e0ac498b48855a0430fbf4c22276a73b4bd
• https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v16.1.7

euvd · EUVD-2026-12694

• https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-3x4c-7xq6-9pq8
• https://github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/39eb8e0ac498b48855a0430fbf4c22276a73b4bd
• https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v16.1.7

nvd · CVE-2026-27980

• https://github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/39eb8e0ac498b48855a0430fbf4c22276a73b4bd
• https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v16.1.7
• https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-3x4c-7xq6-9pq8

osv · GHSA-3x4c-7xq6-9pq8

• https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-3x4c-7xq6-9pq8
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27980
• https://github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/39eb8e0ac498b48855a0430fbf4c22276a73b4bd
• https://github.com/vercel/next.js
• https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v16.1.7

• 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, allow… · Advisory content revised · 15 Nov 2026