next.js cache leak across root param values in nested 'use cache' functions
What fixes it
- 16.3.8next, npmGitHub
npm install next@16.3.8
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Description
Impact
With Cache Components enabled (cacheComponents: true), a 'use cache' function that calls another 'use cache' function that reads a root param can be keyed incorrectly when the inner call is served from an existing entry: the enclosing function's cache key then omits that root param. The enclosing entry is written once and reused for all root param values, so a response for one root param value can serve content produced for a different value — whether the page is prerendered at build time or at runtime, or rendered dynamically. Shared cache headers let downstream caches redistribute the content further.
What values are leaked cannot be attacker controlled. Which value's content is served depends only on which invocation wrote the entry first.
Workarounds
There are no known workarounds. Apps should upgrade to the patched version as soon as possible.
Text from GitHub Advisory Database
Affected versions 4
- next, npm>= 16.3.0, < 16.3.8GitHub
- next.jsaffected: < 16.3.8CVE List
- next, npm16.3.0GitHub
- next, npmfrom 16.3.0, fixed in 16.3.8OSV
References 5
- github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/e92db4536a7f34ae2dbda583cfa1b4e0d06d1865Fixvia GitHub
- github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v16.3.8Fixvia CVE List
- github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-h694-7cp9-m8p3Advisoryvia CVE List
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-h694-7cp9-m8p3Advisoryvia GitHub
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103004Referencevia GitHub