SCA: security update for next (GHSA-m99w-x7hq-7vfj)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445140

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. In versions 13.0.0 through 15.5.20
and 16.0.0 through 16.2.10, crafted requests targeting Next.js applications using App Router with at least
one Server Action can lead to excessive CPU usage blocking processing of further requests in the same
process. This issue has been fixed in versions 15.5.21 and 16.2.11. (CVE-2026-64641)

Solution

Update the next library and its related packages to version 15.5.21 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m99w-x7hq-7vfj

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 445140

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/23/2026

Updated: 8/10/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.72

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2026-64641

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: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-64641

cwe: CWE-834