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A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in React Server Components, impacting frameworks such as Next.js, was identified in the project mcmaster-igem. The vulnerability enables unauthenticated RCE on the server via insecure deserialization in the React Flight protocol.

This issue is tracked under:

This automated pull request upgrades the affected React and Next.js packages to patched versions that fully remediate the issue.

More Info | [email protected]

## React Flight / Next.js RCE Advisory Patch

### Summary
Updated the project to address the React Flight / Next.js RCE advisory (CVE affecting Next.js and React Server Components).

### Vulnerability Detection
The project was confirmed to be affected:
- ✅ Uses **Next.js 15.2.1** (vulnerable version in 15.2.x range)
- ✅ Does not use React Flight packages (`react-server-dom-webpack`, `react-server-dom-parcel`, `react-server-dom-turbopack`)
- ❌ Therefore, only Next.js upgrade is required

### Changes Made

#### Modified Files:
1. **package.json**
   - Upgraded `next`: `^15.2.1` → `15.2.6` (patched version for 15.2.x)
   - React and React DOM were NOT modified (as per advisory - Next.js manages these internally)

2. **package-lock.json**
   - Updated by running `npm install` to reflect the patched Next.js version
   - Verified that lockfile resolves to `[email protected]`

### Verification Steps Completed
✅ **Dependency Installation**: Ran `npm install` successfully - 418 packages added
✅ **Version Verification**: Confirmed `[email protected]` is installed via `npm list next`
✅ **Build Verification**: Ran `npm run build` - Build succeeded with 0 errors
✅ **Linting**: Ran `npm run lint` - 0 ESLint warnings or errors

### Implementation Notes
- The project is a single-package Next.js application (not a monorepo)
- React and React-DOM versions (18.3.1) were NOT modified because Next.js 15.2.6 supplies the correct patched React dependency versions automatically
- Used exact version pinning (`15.2.6`) instead of caret range to ensure the patched version is used
- Build completed successfully with no dependency-related errors

### Advisory Details
This patch addresses the React Flight / Next.js RCE vulnerability by upgrading to a patched Next.js version that includes security fixes for Server Component processing. The patched version ensures that malicious serialized data cannot be exploited through the React Flight protocol.

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