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Vercel applications are protected from Next.js August 2026 security vulnerabilities

Vercel News·Steven Salat·

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Impact on Vercel deployments

Resolution for self-hosted applications

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Two vulnerabilities affecting Next.js were disclosed in the August 2026 Security Release. Next.js applications hosted on Vercel are protected and require no customer action.

Next.js disclosed the following critical vulnerabilities:

After the AVIF vulnerability was identified, Vercel applied protections to its managed Image Optimization service.

Applications hosted on Vercel are protected. No upgrades, configuration changes, or redeploys are required.

Self-hosted Next.js applications should upgrade to the appropriate patched version.

For applications running Next.js 15.x or earlier:

For applications running Next.js 16.x:

In the patched releases, AVIF images are not resized or optimized. They are served as-is until a fixed libheif version is available. There is no workaround for the Windows vulnerability; affected servers should upgrade immediately.

Thanks to the Hacktron team for responsibly disclosing the AVIF vulnerability, and to and for responsibly disclosing the Windows vulnerability.evolutionstormB0RI

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Next.js August 2026 vulnerabilities

  • originates in the upstream libheif dependency and can lead to unauthenticated remote code execution when Image Optimization processes a crafted AVIF input.GHSA-2xp9-vwfh-vxw4

  • () can lead to unauthenticated remote code execution on Windows-hosted Next.js servers in applications using the Pages Router and App Router without Cache Components.CVE-2026-75604GHSA-p293-qw3h-jr36

  • Once the AVIF vulnerability was identified, Vercel disabled AVIF optimization across its managed Image Optimization service. AVIF inputs are served as-is and do not pass through the affected processing path.

  • The second vulnerability only affects servers using a Windows filesystem. Vercel's Next.js runtime uses Linux and is not affected.