Next.js CVE-2026-94545: Critical ImageResponse Vulnerability Enables RCE via SVG
A critical remote code execution vulnerability was disclosed in Next.js on September 22, 2026, and an out-of-band security update was released to fix it. CVE-2026-94545 is a remote code execution vulnerability in next/og, the feature Next.js applications use to generate images on demand. The GitHub advisory rates it 9.5 on CVSS v4.0. An unauthenticated attacker can reach it over the network, and the root cause is an upstream SVG-escaping vulnerability that applications inherit without realizing it.