MediumGHSA-wff4-fpwg-qqv3CVE-2022-36046PYSEC-2022-43188

Unexpected server crash in Next.js

Published 30 Aug 2022 · Updated 13 Jul 2026

Affected package

nextnpm
Affected
>=12.2.3 <12.2.4
Fixed in
12.2.4
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install next@12.2.4

Details

Impact

When specific requests are made to the Next.js server it can cause an unhandledRejection in the server which can crash the process to exit in specific Node.js versions with strict unhandledRejection handling.

  • Affected: All of the following must be true to be affected by this CVE
  • Node.js version above v15.0.0 being used with strict unhandledRejection exiting
  • Next.js version v12.2.3
  • Using next start or a custom server
  • Not affected: Deployments on Vercel (vercel.com) are not affected along with similar environments where next-server isn't being shared across requests.

Patches

https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases/tag/v12.2.4

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References

Advisory data from OSV.dev (opens OSV.dev in a new tab), refreshed daily.