Critical React, Next.js flaw lets hackers execute code on servers

A maximum severity vulnerability, dubbed 'React2Shell', in the React Server Components (RSC) 'Flight' protocol allows remote code execution without authentication in React and Next.js applications.
InfoWorld

All I want for Christmas is a server-side JavaScript framework

Could 2026 be the year of the beautiful back end? We explore the range of options for server-side JavaScript development, ...

Critical vulnerability in React JS framework has a near 100% chance to be exploited

Researchers have uncovered a critical security flaw that could have catastrophic consequences for web and private cloud ...
Dark Reading

Critical React Flaw Triggers Calls for Immediate Action

The vulnerability, which was assigned two CVEs with maximum CVSS scores of 10, may affect more than a third of cloud service ...
SecurityWeek

React2Shell: In-the-Wild Exploitation Expected for Critical React Vulnerability

Critical React vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-55182 and React2Shell can be exploited for unauthenticated remote code ...

Critical React2Shell flaw actively exploited in China-linked attacks

Multiple China-linked threat actors began exploiting the React2Shell vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182) affecting React and ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: React, JSON Formatting, And The Return Of Shai Hulud

After a week away recovering from too much turkey and sweet potato casserole, we’re back for more security news! And if you ...

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

“Bill Gates was bitching about us changing JS all the time,” Eich later recalled of the fall of 1996. Microsoft created its ...