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SCA: security update for next (GHSA-3x4c-7xq6-9pq8)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438896

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. Starting in version 10.0.0 and
 prior to version 16.1.7, the default Next.js image optimization disk cache (`/_next/image`) did not have a
 configurable upper bound, allowing unbounded cache growth. An attacker could generate many unique image-
 optimization variants and exhaust disk space, causing denial of service. This is fixed in version 16.1.7
 by adding an LRU-backed disk cache with `images.maximumDiskCacheSize`, including eviction of least-
 recently-used entries when the limit is exceeded. Setting `maximumDiskCacheSize: 0` disables disk caching.
 If upgrading is not immediately possible, periodically clean `.next/cache/images` and/or reduce variant
 cardinality (e.g., tighten values for `images.localPatterns`, `images.remotePatterns`, and
 `images.qualities`). (CVE-2026-27980)

Solution

Update the next library and its related packages to version 16.1.7 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3x4c-7xq6-9pq8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438896

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/17/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.39

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-27980

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-27980

cwe: CWE-400