MediumGHSA-wrjc-x8rr-h8h6CVE-2026-53669
React Router: Open redirect via backslash in <Link> and useNavigate (CVE-2025-68470 bypass)
Published 23 Jul 2026 · Updated 10 Sept 2026
Affected package
react-routernpm
- Affected
- >=6.0.0 <7.18.0
- Fixed in
- 7.18.0
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:
npm install react-router@7.18.0Details
This is a follow up to CVE-2025-68470. React Router was alerted to certain scenarios in which the fix there was incomplete so there still existed some scenarios where attacker supplied paths passed to navigation mechanisms could result in unexpected external navigations.
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References
- Linkgithub.com/remix-run/react-router/security/advisories/GHSA-wrjc-x8rr-h8h6
- Linkgithub.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/15176
- Packagegithub.com/remix-run/react-router
- Linkgithub.com/remix-run/react-router/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v7180
- Linkgithub.com/remix-run/react-router/releases/tag/react-router@7.18.0
- Linkgithub.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/15176
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