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CVE-2026-94544GHSA-3w37-wq28-93x7

Next.js: Pending `use cache` fill can leak Draft Mode content into regular responses and persisted pages

vercel nextnpmFrameworks
CVSS
6.3Medium
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.18%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in16.3.8Also 16.3.?GitHub
Published2 Oct 2026Updated 7 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 16.3.8next, npmGitHubnpm install next@16.3.8
  • 16.3.?next, npmGitHubnpm install next@16.3.?

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Description

Pending use cache fills are shared across requests for the same key without distinguishing Draft Mode requests from regular requests. When two such requests overlap, the second request receives the first request's fill:

  • A regular request that overlaps an editor's Draft Mode request receives unpublished content, without any authentication.
  • A Draft Mode request that overlaps a regular request receives published content instead of the draft.

If the overlapping regular request prerenders a page — for example an on-demand prerender of a route that was not prerendered at build time — the unpublished content can be persisted into the generated page and served to all later visitors of that route until the page is revalidated. Since cached functions can be shared across routes, the poisoned page does not need to be the page the editor is previewing.

Sites are affected if they enable Cache Components (or experimental.useCache) and serve Draft Mode previews whose cached functions return draft-dependent content.

Text from GitHub Advisory Database

Affected versions 4

  • next, npm>= 16.3.0, < 16.3.8GitHub
  • next.jsaffected: >= 16.3.0, < 16.3.8CVE List
  • next, npm16.3.0GitHub
  • next, npmfrom 16.3.0, fixed in 16.3.8OSV

References 5