Vercel Next.js up to 15.5.20/16.2.10 Image Optimization API /_next/image resource consumption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Vercel Next.js up to 15.5.20/16.2.10. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /_next/image of the component Image Optimization API. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-64644. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Vercel Next.js up to 15.5.20/16.2.10 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file /_next/image of the component Image Optimization API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. In versions 15.5.0 through 15.5.20 and 16.0.0 through 16.2.10, when self-hosting Next.js with the default image loader, the Image Optimization API can optimize remotely hosted images if configured (not enabled by default). If those images contain malicious content, they can cause CPU exhaustion in /_next/image endpoints.Only config.images.remotePatterns is affected, and just the patterns in that array, whereas config.images.unoptimized: true, config.images.loader: 'custom', and Vercel are not impacted. This issue has been fixed in versions 15.5.21 and 16.2.11.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-64644 since 07/20/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 15.5.21 or 16.2.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• JavaScript Library

Vendor

• Vercel

Name

• Next.js

Version

• 15.5.0
• 15.5.1
• 15.5.2
• 15.5.3
• 15.5.4
• 15.5.5
• 15.5.6
• 15.5.7
• 15.5.8
• 15.5.9
• 15.5.10
• 15.5.11
• 15.5.12
• 15.5.13
• 15.5.14
• 15.5.15
• 15.5.16
• 15.5.17
• 15.5.18
• 15.5.19
• 15.5.20
• 16.2.0
• 16.2.1
• 16.2.2
• 16.2.3
• 16.2.4
• 16.2.5
• 16.2.6
• 16.2.7
• 16.2.8
• 16.2.9
• 16.2.10

Website

• Product: https://github.com/vercel/next.js/

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