# CVE-2026-53669: React Router: Open redirect via backslash in \<Link\> and useNavigate (CVE-2025-68470 bypass)

- Also known as: GHSA-WRJC-X8RR-H8H6
- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.18.0
- Published: 2026-07-27 · Updated: 2026-07-28

## Affected

- remix-run react-router: from 6.0.0, fixed in 7.18.0
- react-router (npm): from 6.0.0, fixed in 7.18.0

## Description

React Router is a router for React. Versions 6.0.0 through 7.17.0 are vulnerable to Open Redirtect through use of backslashes in <Link> and useNavigate. This issue is a follow up to CVE-2025-68470 and has been fixed in version 7.18.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on remix-run react-router, react-router, upgrade to a fixed version (7.18.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/security/advisories/GHSA-wrjc-x8rr-h8h6
- https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/15176
- 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
- http://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/15176

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