This hotfix resolves a regression that caused a large increase in DNS-over-TCP queries to fallback and internal DNS servers. The client now sends fallback DNS queries over UDP first, falling back to TCP only when a response is truncated, instead of querying both protocols in parallel.
Review the Permission Groups API documentation; the response schema differs from the legacy Roles response.
Highlights
Integrations migrating to the Permission Groups API must obtain Permission Group IDs from that API and use them in the Account Members API policies request shape. Integrations that persist legacy Role IDs will need to remap their assignments.
The legacy Role response includes a top-level description and a permissions object keyed by resource type with edit/read flags.
The PermissionGroup response replaces those with a meta object containing label and scopes. Individual permissions are not returned as part of the permission group.
The new API supports the API Token authorization scheme. The legacy Email + API Key authorization schema is provided for backwards compatibility.
Devin Outposts ↗ lets you run Devin agents on Cloudflare. Each Devin session runs in its own isolated sandbox backed by Cloudflare Containers, so agents can execute code and use development tooling in an isolated environment.
Use Devin Outposts when you want Devin sessions to run on Cloudflare managed infrastructure, with each session isolated from the others.
Cloudflare now takes the guesswork out of TLS 1.3 key agreement with your origins. Automatic key exchange predicts the preferred algorithm and sends its key share in the first ClientHello, helping avoid a HelloRetryRequest and one extra network round trip.
Automatic key exchange is on for all existing zones and on by default for new zones. When an origin supports both classical and post-quantum key agreements, Cloudflare prefers the post-quantum X25519MLKEM768 hybrid key agreement.
To change this behavior, go to SSL/TLS > Overview > Origin connection & post-quantum encryption. Turn off Automatic key exchange to stop automatic scans and preference updates. Turning it off does not change your compliance requirements.
Compliance requirements apply only to TLS 1.3 connections. The Post-quantum hybrid option requires hybrid post-quantum key agreements support on your origin server. The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) option requires FIPS-compliant key agreements. Select both to require key agreements that satisfy both, or leave both unselected to allow all supported key agreements.
This release introduces new rules for vulnerabilities in Adobe ColdFusion, Next.js, WordPress alongside updates to existing rules thereby providing enhanced generic protections against Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), Local File Inclusion (LFI), and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).
WAF and framework adapter mitigations for Next.js vulnerabilities
Multiple security vulnerabilities ↗ were disclosed and patched by the Next.js team through July 2026 security release. These include denial of service, middleware and proxy bypass, server-side request forgery, information disclosure, and cache poisoning across a range of severities.
Several of the disclosed vulnerabilities are not possible to block at WAF layer,we strongly recommend updating your application and its dependencies immediately. Patched versions are available through v16.2.11 (Active LTS) and v15.5.21 (Maintenance LTS) to address these issues.
Crafted requests targeting Next.js applications using App Router with at least one Server Action can lead to excessive CPU usage. The CPU usage blocks processing of further requests in the same process, leading to Denial of Service.
WAF rule Next.js - DoS - CVE-2026-64641 () has been deployed to provide coverage.
Next.js applications using App Router built with Turbopack and a single entry in config.i18n.locales are vulnerable to a middleware/proxy bypass. Accordingly, any authentication or security checks that a middleware/proxy may perform are bypassed.
This is a middleware bypass that unfortunately cannot be covered through Cloudflare WAF signature engine.
A rewrites() or redirects() rule that builds its external destination hostname from request-controlled input can be pointed at an arbitrary hostname, regardless of the rule's hostname suffix. For rewrites, this behavior enables Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF); for redirects, Open Redirect can be achieved.
Existing SSRF rules provide adequate coverage for this vulnerability, no tailored WAF rule was developed.
When a Server Action forwards or redirects a request, an attacker can cause the server to send that outbound request to a malicious host (Server-Side Request Forgery). This requires the attacker’s request to control Host-associated headers.
WAF rule Next.js - SSRF - CVE-2026-64649 () has been deployed to provide coverage.
When self-hosting Next.js with the default image loader, the Image Optimization API can optimize remotely hosted images if configured (not enabled by default). If those images contain malicious content, the images can cause CPU exhaustion in the /_next/image endpoint.
Malicious request is unfortunately indistinguishable from a legitimate image optimization request, so no WAF rule has been created to address this vulnerability.
A crafted request can lead to memory consumption on Server Actions in the Edge runtime. Next.js applications which use App Router and have at least one Server Action are affected.
Unfortunately there is no one size fits all rule that can be deployed through WAF in lieu of custom bodySizeLimit configurations, so no WAF rule has been created to address this vulnerability.
In Next.js applications using App Router, Server Actions (use server) or use cache endpoint IDs can be globally disclosed. An attacker can use this for reconnaissance and as part of a broader attack chain.
WAF rule Next.js - Information Disclosure - CVE-2026-64643 () has been deployed to provide coverage.
A server-side fetch with a request body may return a cached response body from a different request to the same URL but different body. This only applies for fetch calls of the shape fetch(new Request(init), aDifferentInit)
This is an application logic bug that unfortunately cannot be covered through Cloudflare WAF signature engine.
A server-side fetch with a request body may return a cached response body from a different request to the same URL but different body. This only applies when receiving request bodies which contain invalid UTF-8 characters.
This is an application logic bug that unfortunately cannot be covered through Cloudflare WAF signature engine.
Key Findings
CVE-2026-48276: A path traversal vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion file upload mechanisms allows unauthenticated attackers to write or upload files to arbitrary locations outside designated directories on the origin server.
CVE-2026-48282: A path traversal vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion enables unauthenticated attackers to manipulate directory sequences and access restricted system files on the host filesystem.
CVE-2026-60137: An unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability affecting WordPress. Threat actors exploit unsanitized input parameters to execute arbitrary SQL queries, leading to unauthorized database access, record manipulation, or data exfiltration.
CVE-2026-63030: A remote code execution vulnerability affecting WordPress core and plugin components. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary system commands to gain unauthorized access or establish backdoors on host servers.
Cloudflare Access now uses the standard browser-based login flow for private applications served over plaintext HTTP on port 80.
Previously, plaintext HTTP private apps fell back to the same session flow used for SSH, RDP, and other non-HTTP protocols: users got an Authentication required pop-up from the Cloudflare One Client, then had to select the notification to open a browser and log in. Now, users hitting an HTTP private app see the Access login page directly in the browser and receive a standard Access application token on success.
This brings the HTTP experience in line with HTTPS apps (with Gateway TLS decryption turned on). No configuration change is required. The Cloudflare One Client is still required to route traffic to the private network, but it no longer manages the Access session for HTTP apps.
Other non-HTTP protocols (SSH, RDP, arbitrary TCP/UDP) continue to use the Cloudflare One Client notification flow.
We are turning on budget alerts by default for eligible Pay-as-you-go accounts. If your account does not already have a budget alert, Cloudflare will create one for you with a $10 account-level threshold. Your default alert will enable at the turn of your next billing cycle, so it will not fire based on usage you have already incurred.
We are rolling this out in cohorts over the coming weeks, so eligible accounts may see their default alert appear at different times.
The default alert behaves exactly like an alert you would create yourself. When your cumulative usage-based spend this cycle reaches the threshold, you receive an email notification. The alert is informational only. It does not cap your usage or impact your account in any way.
Usage is processed once per day for the prior day's activity, so budget alerts fire the day after the threshold is reached rather than in real time.
Budget alerts only consider spend on usage-based products. Recurring subscription fees, such as the Workers Paid plan fee or other monthly plan charges, are not included in the threshold calculation.
You can change the threshold, add additional alerts, or remove the default alert entirely from Manage Account > Billing > Billable Usage, or from your Notifications settings. If you already configured your own budget alert, nothing changes.
You can now monitor the total SQLite storage used by a Durable Object namespace over time in the Cloudflare dashboard. The new Total storage chart shows the maximum storage reported during each hour. This helps you identify storage growth, validate data cleanup, and investigate unexpected usage.
The chart appears only for SQLite-backed Durable Object namespaces. It does not appear for namespaces that use the legacy key-value storage backend. Viewing storage for individual Durable Objects by ID or name is not supported.
Reboot — Power cycle the appliance. Optionally, purge persistent state. Re-applies configuration starting from scratch.
Shutdown — Power off the appliance. Optionally, purge persistent state. The machine will be offline until manually powered on again.
In the dashboard, go to Networking > Connectors > Appliances, select an appliance, then Edit > Operations to send an operation. Via API, POST to the /accounts/{account_id}/magic/connectors/{connector_id}/interrupts endpoint.
You can now preview the content of sent emails directly from the Email Service Activity log. Expand a sent email and open the new Preview section to inspect the message as it was sent, across tabs for the rendered HTML body, the Text body, the Headers, the Attachments, and the full RawRFC 5322 ↗ source.
Previously, the Activity log surfaced delivery and authentication metadata but not the message content, making rendering and content issues harder to debug. Message preview closes that gap.
To make messages previewable, turn on Email preview in your sending domain's settings. Previews cover messages sent while the setting is turned on and are retained for about seven days. Sending domains onboarded on or after 2026-07-02 have Email preview turned on automatically.
Cloudflare Gateway now supports advanced header control on Allow policies. Administrators can add, overwrite, or delete headers on matching requests using static values or dynamic variables.
Header operations
Gateway HTTP policies using the Allow action support three operations in rule_settings:
Operation
API field
Behavior
Add
add_headers
Appends a value to the header. Existing values are preserved.
Overwrite
set_headers
Replaces the header value. Creates the header if it does not exist.
Delete
delete_headers
Removes the header from the request.
Gateway applies operations in order: delete, then overwrite, then add.
Dynamic variables
Header values can include dynamic variables using the @{...} syntax. Gateway resolves variables at request time from identity, device, and network context.
Variable
Description
@{identity.email}
User email from the identity provider
@{identity.name}
User display name from the identity provider
@{identity.id}
Cloudflare identity UUID
@{identity.groups}
Identity provider group memberships
@{identity.SAML}
SAML attributes (if configured)
@{identity.OIDC}
OIDC claims (if configured)
@{source.ip}
Source IP of the connection
@{destination.ip}
Destination IP of the request
@{device.id}
Cloudflare One Client device UUID
@{device.posture}
Device posture check results (JSON string)
You can mix static text and dynamic variables in a single header value. For example, user-@{identity.email} resolves to user-jdoe@example.com.
Distributor, MSSP, and Agency partners on Cloudflare Organizations can now add and manage Organization Members directly from the Cloudflare dashboard, without help from Cloudflare.
Previously, adding a member to a Distributor, MSSP, or Agency Organization was a manual, Cloudflare-assisted process that required a request to Cloudflare and enrollment in a closed beta, and the dashboard Add member flow was blocked for these Organizations.
Now, Organization admins can add members themselves from Organization > Members > Add member, with no beta enrollment required.
New members receive access to the Organization's accounts through the same implicit-access model already used for enterprise Organizations. The Accounts list and the account switcher classify Distributor, MSSP, and Agency Organizations consistently with enterprise Organizations, so their accounts are labeled and grouped correctly in the dashboard.
Agency partners also gain access to the Organizations dashboard, while retaining access to their existing Tenant management dashboard.
Distributor, MSSP, and Agency Organizations are currently in beta.
This emergency release adds a new managed rule to block active exploitation of a critical remote code execution (RCE) and SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability found in popular web frameworks.
Key Findings
Generic Frameworks - Unauthenticated RCE: Attackers can execute arbitrary system commands with web server privileges by sending malicious input containing invalid path sequences during request processing.
Generic Frameworks - SQLi: Attackers can execute unauthorized database queries due to a failure to sanitize input values within request parameters.
Users in browser-based RDP sessions can now print multiple PDF files as a single print job. Copy the files to your clipboard on the remote machine, then select Print all PDFs in the clipboard panel. The files are combined into one PDF and sent to your local printer.
Bulk print is available in Chromium-based browsers and Firefox. For more information, refer to Print PDFs for browser-based RDP.
After a flag exists, change its default variation or use enable and disable commands as kill switches. Existing targeting rules continue to apply unless you change or clear them explicitly:
These commands can also be used from CI/CD pipelines, scripts, and AI agents to inspect Flagship state, update flag behavior, or roll back changes through Wrangler.
Bot management fields and ASN support in Cache Rules
Cache Rules now supports bot management fields and the ip.src.asnum field in expression filters. You can now build cache policies that differentiate between automated and human traffic, or segment caching behavior by autonomous system number (ASN).
This allows you to apply different caching strategies for verified bots, high-risk traffic, or specific network operators without affecting legitimate user requests. For example, you can set shorter cache TTLs for suspected bot traffic or bypass cache entirely for requests from specific ASNs.
New fields
The following fields are now available in Cache Rules expressions:
Field
Type
Description
cf.bot_management.score
Number
Bot score from 1 to 99, where a lower value indicates a higher likelihood that the request originates from a bot.
cf.bot_management.ja3_hash
String
JA3 fingerprint of the request, which helps identify the client making the connection.
cf.bot_management.ja4
String
JA4 fingerprint of the request, which provides a more detailed client identification than JA3.
cf.bot_management.verified_bot
Boolean
Whether the request originates from a verified bot, such as a search engine crawler.
cf.bot_management.static_resource
Boolean
Whether the request is for a static resource and therefore exempt from bot detection.
cf.bot_management.js_detection.passed
Boolean
Whether the browser passed JavaScript detection when the feature is enabled.
cf.bot_management.attack_score
Number
Classifies the request by attack score, from 1 (likely automated) to 99 (likely human).
cf.bot_management.api_score
Number
Classifies the request by API score, from 1 (likely automated) to 99 (likely human).
cf.bot_management.bot_tags["<TAG>"]
Boolean
Whether the bot traffic matches the specified tag, such as google or bing.
cf.bot_management.corporate_proxy
Boolean
Whether the request originates from a known corporate proxy.
ip.src.asnum
Number
The autonomous system number (ASN) of the incoming request's IP address.
Example
Cache Rules expressions support combining these fields with other criteria. The following example sets a shorter cache TTL for API requests that originate from a high-risk bot or an unexpected ASN:
(http.request.uri.path contains "/api/" and cf.bot_management.score lt 30)or(http.request.uri.path contains "/api/" and not ip.src.asnum in {12345 67890})
Internal DNS is now generally available. Internal DNS provides authoritative and recursive DNS for private networks on the same global network and control plane you already use for public DNS, Zero Trust, and application services.
Why it matters
Consolidate DNS operations. Public and private DNS run on one platform, with one API, one audit trail, and one place to set policy.
Simplify split-horizon DNS. Internal and external resolution are defined as separate views over shared zones, managed from a single control plane — so there is no drift to chase down.
Extend Zero Trust to DNS. Resolver policies decide which users and devices resolve against which view, enforced by the same Gateway that already governs the rest of your traffic.
Setting up Internal DNS takes three steps: create a zone, create a view, and define a resolver policy.
You can now subscribe to Email Sending events through Queues event subscriptions and receive outbound transactional email lifecycle events on a queue. Each subscription is scoped to one sending domain — either the zone apex, such as example.com, or a verified sending subdomain, such as send.example.com.
Six event types are published: message.delivered, message.deferred, message.bounced, message.failed, message.rejected, and message.complained. Use them to track deliverability, react to bounces and complaints, and drive suppression or retry logic. Email Routing events are not published on this source.
Each event includes the message details, delivery status, and SMTP response:
The legacy Workers KV API routes under /accounts/{account_id}/workers/namespaces/* are deprecated as of July 15, 2026, and will stop working on October 15, 2026. Migrate to the documented Workers KV API routes under /accounts/{account_id}/storage/kv/namespaces/* before that date.
The legacy and replacement routes are interchangeable. They accept the same request parameters and return the same response payloads. To migrate, update the URL path from /workers/namespaces/ to /storage/kv/namespaces/.
What you need to do
Update any integration that calls a route under /accounts/{account_id}/workers/namespaces/ to use the equivalent route under /accounts/{account_id}/storage/kv/namespaces/. The migration is a direct URL path substitution — request parameters and response payloads are identical:
GET and POST /accounts/{account_id}/workers/namespaces → GET and POST /accounts/{account_id}/storage/kv/namespaces
GET, PUT, and DELETE /accounts/{account_id}/workers/namespaces/{namespace_id} → GET, PUT, and DELETE /accounts/{account_id}/storage/kv/namespaces/{namespace_id}
GET /accounts/{account_id}/workers/namespaces/{namespace_id}/keys → GET /accounts/{account_id}/storage/kv/namespaces/{namespace_id}/keys
GET /accounts/{account_id}/workers/namespaces/{namespace_id}/metadata/{key_name} → GET /accounts/{account_id}/storage/kv/namespaces/{namespace_id}/metadata/{key_name}
GET, PUT, and DELETE /accounts/{account_id}/workers/namespaces/{namespace_id}/values/{key_name} → GET, PUT, and DELETE /accounts/{account_id}/storage/kv/namespaces/{namespace_id}/values/{key_name}
For more information about the deprecation timeline, refer to API deprecations.
This release introduces new rules targeting critical infrastructure vulnerabilities. These include an unauthenticated memory disclosure flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway (CVE-2026-8451) and a high-severity pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Progress Kemp LoadMaster (CVE-2026-8037).
Key Findings
CVE-2026-8451: An insufficient input validation vulnerability affects Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances configured as a SAML Identity Provider (IdP). Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw by sending malformed requests to trigger a memory overread, allowing them to leak chunks of sensitive data from adjacent appliance memory.
CVE-2026-8037: A critical OS command injection vulnerability in Progress Kemp LoadMaster load balancers allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve remote code execution (RCE).
Cloudflare Web Analytics (Real User Monitoring) has rolled out performance optimizations to significantly improve the stability and loading speed of account-wide dashboards.
For larger accounts (with >100 Web Analytics sites), loading the aggregate account-wide view would often fail, running into timeouts or unexpected interface errors due to the massive scale of parallel query processing. This update optimizes how high-volume multi-site data is queried to reduce errors and provide a snappier dashboard experience.
Accounts with up to 1,000 sites will now be able to load this account-wide aggregate view without experiencing misleading errors.
If you have an account with over 1,000 sites, we cannot currently aggregate over this volume due to processing constraints but you will now be presented with a clear error and instruction to filter to the relevant site(s) you wish to see the data for.
Platforms can now create temporary preview accounts through the Cloudflare REST API. This lets your platform deploy a live Worker before the user signs in to Cloudflare.
With the Temporary Accounts API, coding agents, AI app builders, and other platforms can build a similar flow for generated Workers and supported resources.
Your platform can keep users in its onboarding flow while they generate, deploy, and test an application. Users do not need an existing Cloudflare account, and your platform does not need write access to one.
The API returns a claim URL that lets the user make the temporary account and its resources permanent.
Cloudflare Drop ↗ demonstrates this preview-and-claim pattern for static sites. Someone can upload a site, test and share it for one hour, then sign in or create an account only when they want to keep it.
This API expands the flow first introduced with wrangler deploy --temporary. Your backend now controls the provisioning and deployment experience directly:
Show Cloudflare's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy in your product, and require the user to accept them.
Request and solve a proof-of-work challenge.
Create a temporary preview account.
Deploy with the returned temporary account ID and API token.
Show the deployed Worker URL and claim URL to the user.
Agents connected to Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with addMcpServer can now handle elicitation ↗ requests.
Elicitation lets an MCP server request user input while it handles a tool call. Form mode collects structured, non-sensitive data. URL mode asks for consent before opening an out-of-band flow, such as third-party authorization or payment.
sequenceDiagram
participant User
participant Agent as Agent (MCP client)
participant Server as MCP server
participant Browser
Server->>Agent: elicitation/create
Agent->>User: Show server, reason, and input or URL
User->>Agent: Submit, open, decline, or cancel
Agent->>Browser: Open URL after consent (URL mode)
Agent->>Server: accept, decline, or cancel
Server-->>Agent: Optional URL completion notification
Register a handler for each mode your Agent supports in onStart():
import { Agent } from "agents";export class MyAgent extends Agent { onStart() { this.mcp.configureElicitationHandlers({ form: (request, serverId) => this.forwardToUser(request, serverId), url: (request, serverId) => this.forwardToUser(request, serverId), }); } forwardToUser(request, serverId) { // Show the request in your UI and resolve after the user responds. throw new Error( `Implement elicitation for ${serverId}: ${request.params.message}`, ); }}
import { Agent } from "agents";import type { ElicitRequest, ElicitResult } from "agents/mcp";export class MyAgent extends Agent<Env> { onStart() { this.mcp.configureElicitationHandlers({ form: (request, serverId) => this.forwardToUser(request, serverId), url: (request, serverId) => this.forwardToUser(request, serverId), }); } private forwardToUser( request: ElicitRequest, serverId: string, ): Promise<ElicitResult> { // Show the request in your UI and resolve after the user responds. throw new Error( `Implement elicitation for ${serverId}: ${request.params.message}`, ); }}
Connections advertise only the modes with configured handlers. An Agent without handlers advertises no elicitation capability, which lets the server use its fallback. The SDK stores the advertised modes with each MCP server registration so they survive Durable Object hibernation. Callback functions remain in memory and reattach when onStart() runs.
Precursor is rolling out to all customers starting today. Precursor is client-side JavaScript that enables session-based bot detection.
You can read the announcement blog ↗ for background on why we built Precursor and how session-level behavioral detection works.
With Precursor enabled, Cloudflare can:
Continuously evaluate behavioral signals across a session
Re-validate challenge clearance as behavior changes
Update bot scores with session context
Provide client-side visibility where none previously existed
It integrates with existing protections, including Security Rules, and can be enabled directly from the Cloudflare dashboard with configurable modes to balance security and user experience.
Markdown for Agents now preserves security- and cache-relevant response headers from your origin when converting HTML to Markdown:
Markdown for Agents preserves security headers such as Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS), Content-Security-Policy (CSP), X-Frame-Options, Set-Cookie, and CORS headers (for example, Access-Control-Allow-Origin) on the converted response.
Caching headers (Cache-Control, Expires, Age) continue to pass through.
Your origin's Content Signals ↗ policy is now authoritative. If your origin sets a content-signal header, Markdown for Agents preserves it. When the origin does not send one, Cloudflare adds the default Content-Signal: ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes.
This release also fixes relative link resolution for directory-style base URLs (those ending in a trailing slash). Previously, relative links such as ../page/ could resolve one path segment too high and return a 404. Links are now resolved correctly per RFC 3986 ↗.