# CVE-2026-53668: React Router: Open redirect can lead to XSS

- Also known as: GHSA-JJMJ-JMHJ-QWJ2
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.13.0, 6.30.6
- Published: 2026-07-27 · Updated: 2026-07-28

## Affected

- remix-run react-router: from 6.30.2, through 6.30.4; from 7.9.6, fixed in 7.13.0
- react-router-dom (npm): from 6.30.2, fixed in 6.30.6
- react-router (npm): from 7.9.6, fixed in 7.13.0

## Description

React Router is a router for React. In versions 6.30.2 through 6.30.4 and 7.9.6 through 7.12.0, applications that allow open redirects are vulnerable to XSS. An attacker could craft a malicious link that redirects users to an unexpected external site or that exploits an XSS vector.This issue has been fixed in version 7.13.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on remix-run react-router, react-router-dom, react-router, upgrade to a fixed version (7.13.0, 6.30.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/security/advisories/GHSA-jjmj-jmhj-qwj2
- https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/14718
- https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/commit/3a5b5ad0e5cf9918c646509563f5c41a89226ff3
- https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v7180
- https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/releases/tag/react-router@7.18.0

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