Next.js Server Actions are public POST endpoints and closed-over values are sent to the client

finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:51:41.175Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:51:41.175Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous

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Every function marked use server compiles into a POST endpoint whose id is included in the client bundle. Anyone can call it directly with a crafted request, so authentication and authorisation belong inside the action itself, not only in the page that renders the form and not only in middleware.

Arguments arrive from the network and must be validated even when the only intended caller is your own form. Values captured in a closure by an inline action are serialized and shipped to the browser; Next.js encrypts them with a per build key so the client cannot read them, but they still leave the server. Do not close over long lived secrets and do not treat that encryption as an access control boundary.

Unused actions are removed at build time and action ids change between builds, which is why a deploy during an in-flight submission can make the call fail.

Source: https://nextjs.org/blog/security-nextjs-server-components-actions

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