CVE-2025-11953
Actively exploited. CVE-2025-11953 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-02-05) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2025-11953 is indexed in GitHub PoC. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
React Native Community CLI contains an OS command injection vulnerability which could allow unauthenticated network attackers to send POST requests to the Metro Development Server and run arbitrary executables via a vulnerable endpoint exposed by the server. On Windows, attackers can also execute arbitrary shell commands with fully controlled arguments.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An OS command injection vulnerability could allow unauthenticated network attackers to run arbitrary executables.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of React Native Community CLI with Metro Development Server exposed.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Upgrade to the patched version of React Native Community CLI.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2025-11953 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-11953: React Native Community CLI OS Command Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-02-05
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