CVE-2025-11953 is a critical OS command injection vulnerability affecting the Metro Development Server, part of the React Native Community CLI. By default, the server binds to external interfaces, allowing unauthenticated network attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a POST request. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Active exploitation of this flaw has been confirmed, with significant community discussion and media coverage, though no public exploit code is currently available.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 19.0.0, < 19.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:react-native-community:react_native_community_cli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:react-native-community:react_native_community_cli:18.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:react-native-community:react_native_community_cli:20.0.0:alpha0:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:react-native-community:react_native_community_cli:20.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:react-native-community:react_native_community_cli:20.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.