LONDON (IT BOLTWISE) – A serious security flaw in the popular React Native CLI has put millions of developers at significant risk. The vulnerability, listed as CVE-2025-11953, allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands under certain conditions. This vulnerability has since been fixed, but the impact on the developer community is far-reaching.
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The discovery of a critical vulnerability in the React Native CLI has put the developer community on alert. This vulnerability, known as CVE-2025-11953, affects the npm package @react-native-community/cli and allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands under certain conditions. The vulnerability was discovered by Or Peles, a senior security researcher at JFrog, and was classified as highly critical, having achieved a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10.
The affected versions of the package range from 4.8.0 to 20.0.0-alpha.2, with the vulnerability being fixed in the recently released version 20.0.0. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to developers using the React Native CLI for mobile application development. What is particularly dangerous is that attackers do not need authentication to exploit the vulnerability, which significantly increases the attack surface.
The React Native CLI, maintained by Meta, is an essential tool for developers building mobile applications with React Native. The vulnerability could therefore have far-reaching implications for the developer community, with many projects potentially at risk. However, Meta’s developers’ rapid response and patching of the vulnerability demonstrates the importance of quickly addressing security issues to ensure the integrity of software projects.
The discovery of this vulnerability also sheds light on the challenges of supply chain security in software development. Since many developers rely on open source packages to build their projects, it is crucial that these packages are regularly checked for security vulnerabilities. The developer community’s response to this vulnerability could serve as an example for future security measures to prevent similar incidents.
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