Critical vulnerability in React Native development tool actively exploited

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Hackers Exploit React Native Metro Vulnerability to Target Developers Hackers are exploiting the critical vulnerability CVE-2025-11953 in the Metro server for React Native, affecting developers on Windows, Linux, and macOS. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands on Windows and run arbitrary executables on Linux and macOS with limited control. This poses a significant risk to development environments using React Native. 14 sources 57