CVE-2026-42036 PUBLISHED

Axios: HTTP adapter streamed responses bypass maxContentLength

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 23.04.2026 Published: 24.04.2026 Updated: 24.04.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 5.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	axios
Product	axios
Versions	Version >= 1.0.0, < 1.15.1 is affected Version < 0.31.1 is affected

References

https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-vf2m-468p-8v99

Problem Types

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE