# CVE-2026-44580: Next.js: Cross-site scripting in beforeInteractive scripts with untrusted input

- Also known as: GHSA-GX5P-JG67-6X7H
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 15.5.16, 16.2.5
- Published: 2026-05-13 · Updated: 2026-05-13

## Affected

- vercel next.js: from 13.0.0, fixed in 15.5.16; from 16.0.0, fixed in 16.2.5
- next (npm): from 13.0.0, fixed in 15.5.16
- next (npm): from 16.0.0, fixed in 16.2.5

## Description

Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. From 13.0.0 to before 15.5.16 and 16.2.5, applications that use beforeInteractive scripts together with untrusted content can be vulnerable to cross-site scripting. In affected versions, serialized script content was not escaped safely before being embedded into the document, which could allow attacker-controlled input to break out of the intended script context and execute arbitrary JavaScript in a visitor's browser. This vulnerability is fixed in 15.5.16 and 16.2.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Next.js, upgrade to a fixed version (15.5.16, 16.2.5) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-gx5p-jg67-6x7h

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