# CVE-2024-51479: Authorization bypass in Next.js

- Also known as: GHSA-7GFC-8CQ8-JH5F
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 14.2.15
- Published: 2024-12-17 · Updated: 2024-12-17

## Affected

- vercel next.js: from 9.5.5, fixed in 14.2.15
- next (npm): from 9.5.5, fixed in 14.2.15

## Description

Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. In affected versions if a Next.js application is performing authorization in middleware based on pathname, it was possible for this authorization to be bypassed for pages directly under the application's root directory. For example: * [Not affected] `https://example.com/` * [Affected] `https://example.com/foo` * [Not affected] `https://example.com/foo/bar`. This issue is patched in Next.js `14.2.15` and later. If your Next.js application is hosted on Vercel, this vulnerability has been automatically mitigated, regardless of Next.js version. There are no official workarounds for this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Next.js, upgrade to a fixed version (14.2.15) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-7gfc-8cq8-jh5f
- https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v14.2.15

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