Hackers exploit critical React Native Metro bug to breach dev systems

News Companies Events

Statistics About NLC

News Companies Events

Hackers exploit critical React Native Metro bug to breach dev systems

Image for the article: Hackers exploit critical React Native Metro bug to breach dev systems

Hackers exploit critical React Native Metro bug to breach dev systems

Tue Feb 03 2026

Development

Open Source

Vulnerability

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Hackers are targeting developers by exploiting the critical vulnerability CVE-2025-11953 in the Metro server for React Native to deliver malicious payloads for Windows and Linux. [...]