Axios up to 0.31.0/1.15.0 allocation of resources

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Axios up to 0.31.0/1.15.0. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to allocation of resources. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-42036. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Axios up to 0.31.0/1.15.0. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, when responseType: 'stream' is used, Axios returns the response stream without enforcing maxContentLength. This bypasses configured response-size limits and allows unbounded downstream consumption. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and 0.31.1.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-42036 since 04/23/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 313224 (Node.js Module axios < 1.15.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 0.31.1 or 1.15.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (313224), EUVD (EUVD-2026-25602) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-1687). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

• IBM License Metric Tool

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• Axios

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16
• 0.17
• 0.18
• 0.19
• 0.20
• 0.21
• 0.22
• 0.23
• 0.24
• 0.25
• 0.26
• 0.27
• 0.28
• 0.29
• 0.30
• 0.31.0
• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15.0

Website

• Product: https://github.com/axios/axios/

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