CVE-2025-11953 — Command injection in React Native Community CLI allows remote attackers to perform remote code execution by sending H…

Description (CNA)

The Metro Development Server, which is opened by the React Native Community CLI, binds to external interfaces by default. The server exposes an endpoint that is vulnerable to OS command injection. This allows unauthenticated network attackers to send a POST request to the server and run arbitrary executables. On Windows, the attackers can also execute arbitrary shell commands with fully controlled arguments.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Not supplied / Not supplied	affected 4.8.0 before 20.0.0

CWE

CWE-78

References

https://jfrog.com/blog/cve-2025-11953-critical-react-native-community-cli-vulnerability
https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/commit/15089907d1f1301b22c72d7f68846a2ef20df547

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

https://www.vulncheck.com/blog/metro4shell_eitw
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-11953

CVE

No English description supplied.

https://x.com/SzymonRybczak/status/1986199665000566848
https://x.com/thymikee/status/1986770875954475375