---
id: CVE-2026-53669
aliases:
  - GHSA-wrjc-x8rr-h8h6
title: >-
  React Router: Open redirect via backslash in <Link> and useNavigate
  (CVE-2025-68470 bypass)
summary: >-
  React Router: Open redirect via backslash in <Link> and useNavigate
  (CVE-2025-68470 bypass)
severity: medium
cwe:
  - CWE-601
vendor: react-router
product: react-router
ecosystem: npm
affected:
  - 'react-router >= 6.0.0, < 7.18.0'
patched:
  - react-router 7.18.0
published: '2026-07-23'
updated: '2026-07-23'
source: GHSA
sourceUrl: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wrjc-x8rr-h8h6'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/security/advisories/GHSA-wrjc-x8rr-h8h6
  - url: 'https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/15176'
  - url: 'https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v7180'
  - url: 'https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/releases/tag/react-router@7.18.0'
  - url: 'http://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/15176'
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wrjc-x8rr-h8h6'
tags:
  - ghsa
  - npm
ingestedAt: '2026-07-23T20:19:19.502Z'
epss: 0.00232
epssPercentile: 0.14302
---

## Overview

This is a follow up to [CVE-2025-68470](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/security/advisories/GHSA-9jcx-v3wj-wh4m).  React Router was alerted to certain scenarios in which the fix there was incomplete so there still existed some scenarios where attacker supplied paths passed to navigation mechanisms could result in unexpected external navigations.

## Affected packages

- `react-router >= 6.0.0, < 7.18.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `react-router 7.18.0`