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Next.js Patches Critical AVIF and Windows Flaws Enabling Unauthenticated RCE

Credit: Hacktron Vercel has released security patches for two critical-severity vulnerabilities in the Next.js web framework, both of which allow unauthenticated remote code execution, one exploitable via specially crafted AVIF image files and the other through a path traversal flaw affecting servers that use a Windows filesystem. The Windows path traversal, tracked as CVE-2026-75604&

Next.js Patches Critical AVIF and Windows Flaws Enabling Unauthenticated RCE

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UK says ‘no’ to backdoors, but the government isn’t listening

It doesn’t matter what the UK government says, the majority of the UK public is reluctant to hand over additional surveillance powers that require tech companies to build backdoors to access encrypted communications. That’s based on a poll release Thursday by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a US-based advocacy group.

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