A pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability exists in React Server Components versions 19.0.0, 19.1.0, 19.1.1, and 19.2.0 inclu
A pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability exists in React Server Components versions 19.0.0, 19.1.0, 19.1.1, and 19.2.0 including the following packages: react-server-dom-parcel, react-server-dom-turbopack, and react-server-dom-webpack. The vulnerable code unsafely deserializes payloads from HTTP requests to Server Function endpoints.
- Published
- Dec 3, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2026
- EPSS
- 99.8% · 100th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-502
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Action score
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- CVSS
- 40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 30 / 30 · Listed
- EPSS
- 30 / 30 · 99.8%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · Meta
- 10.0
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Actively exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Dec 5, 2025. That signals real attacks, not theory.
Remediation deadline for government agencies: Dec 12, 2025.
Known to be used in ransomware campaigns.
Affected systems
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- facebook react19.0.0
- facebook react19.1.0
- facebook react19.1.1
- facebook react19.2.0
- vercel next.js15.0.0 and later · before 15.0.5
- vercel next.js15.1.0 and later · before 15.1.9
- vercel next.js15.2.0 and later · before 15.2.6
- vercel next.js15.3.0 and later · before 15.3.6
- vercel next.js15.4.0 and later · before 15.4.8
- vercel next.js15.5.0 and later · before 15.5.7
- vercel next.js16.0.0 and later · before 16.0.7
- vercel next.js14.3.0
- vercel next.js15.6.0
- vercel next.js16.0.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Meta). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Meta react-server-dom-parcel
- 19.0.0 and later · up to and including 19.0.0affected · semver
- 19.1.0 and later · up to and including 19.1.1affected · semver
- 19.2.0 and later · up to and including 19.2.0affected · semver
Meta react-server-dom-turbopack
- 19.0.0 and later · up to and including 19.0.0affected · semver
- 19.1.0 and later · up to and including 19.1.1affected · semver
- 19.2.0 and later · up to and including 19.2.0affected · semver
Meta react-server-dom-webpack
- 19.0.0 and later · up to and including 19.0.0affected · semver
- 19.1.0 and later · up to and including 19.1.1affected · semver
- 19.2.0 and later · up to and including 19.2.0affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | react-server-dom-parcel | from 19.0.0 · before 19.0.1 | 19.0.1 |
| npm | react-server-dom-parcel | from 19.1.0 · before 19.1.2 | 19.1.2 |
| npm | react-server-dom-parcel | from 19.2.0 · before 19.2.1 | 19.2.1 |
| npm | react-server-dom-turbopack | from 19.0.0 · before 19.0.1 | 19.0.1 |
| npm | react-server-dom-turbopack | from 19.1.0 · before 19.1.2 | 19.1.2 |
| npm | react-server-dom-turbopack | from 19.2.0 · before 19.2.1 | 19.2.1 |
| npm | react-server-dom-webpack | from 19.0.0 · before 19.0.1 | 19.0.1 |
| npm | react-server-dom-webpack | from 19.1.0 · before 19.1.2 | 19.1.2 |
| npm | react-server-dom-webpack | from 19.2.0 · before 19.2.1 | 19.2.1 |
Same product
facebook: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2025-55184A pre-authentication denial of service vulnerability exists in React Server Components versions 19.0.0, 19.0.1 19.1.0, 19.1.1, 19.1.2, 19.2.50Plan
- CVE-2025-67779It was found that the fix addressing CVE-2025-55184 in React Server Components was incomplete and does not prevent a denial of service attac36Monitor
- CVE-2026-23864Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities exist in React Server Components, affecting the following packages: react-server-dom-parcel, reac31Monitor
- CVE-2018-6341React applications which rendered to HTML using the ReactDOMServer API were not escaping user-supplied attribute names at render-time.25Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| npm:react-server-dom-parcel | 19.0.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| npm:react-server-dom-parcel | 19.1.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| npm:react-server-dom-parcel | 19.2.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| npm:react-server-dom-turbopack | 19.0.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| npm:react-server-dom-turbopack | 19.1.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| npm:react-server-dom-turbopack | 19.2.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| npm:react-server-dom-webpack | 19.0.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| npm:react-server-dom-webpack | 19.1.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| npm:react-server-dom-webpack | 19.2.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
Weaponized
A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.
Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
- Nuclei detection template ×1
- Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×50
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | webapps | 2026-04-09 |
| Metasploit module | exploit/multi/http/react2shell_unauth_rce_cve_2025_55182Unauthenticated RCE in React Server Components (React2Shell)exploit | 2025-12-03 |
| Nuclei detection template | Nuclei template CVE-2025-55182 | — |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:0 | 2022-06-17 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:0 | 2023-07-07 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:0 | 2024-11-29 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:0 | 2025-06-06 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:12 | 2025-12-03 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:792 | 2025-12-03 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:14 | 2025-12-03 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:111 | 2025-12-03 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:0 | 2025-12-03 |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- First PoC-1266 d
- Metasploit-1 d
- Published
- CISA KEV+1 d
- TodaySep 29, 2026+300 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-551848 days apartA pre-authentication denial of service vulnerability exists in React Server Components versions 19.0.0, 19.0.1 19.1.0, 19.1.1, 19.1.2, 19.2.50Plan
- CVE-2025-677798 days apartIt was found that the fix addressing CVE-2025-55184 in React Server Components was incomplete and does not prevent a denial of service attac36Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted DataCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Root cause
Data received over the network is deserialized into the language’s native object format without verifying its source. Code paths inside the object can be triggered during deserialization.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-502 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
payload = sock.recv(65536)job = pickle.loads(payload)Fixed
payload = sock.recv(65536)if not hmac.compare_digest(sign(payload), header_sig): raise PermissionError("invalid signature")job = JobSchema.validate(json.loads(payload))Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
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References
- react.dev/blog/2025/12/03/critical-security-vulnerability-in-react-server-components
- www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2025-55182
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/12/03/4
- news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46136026
- aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/china-nexus-cyber-threat-groups-rapidly-exploit-react2shell-vulnerability-cve-2025-55182/
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-55182
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.