Axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 1.16.1 until 1.20.0, the RFC 2397 regular expression allows slash characters on both sides of the media-type separator. An application passes an attacker-controlled malformed data URL containing many slash characters and no comma. the JavaScript regular-expression engine explores many separator placements before rejecting the URL. Synchronous excessive backtracking can block the Node.js event loop and cause denial of service. The affected identifiers are fromDataURI, DATA_URL_PATTERN, data:. This issue is fixed in version 1.20.0.
History

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None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


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First Time appeared Axios
Axios axios
Vendors & Products Axios
Axios axios
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 1.16.1 until 1.20.0, the RFC 2397 regular expression allows slash characters on both sides of the media-type separator. An application passes an attacker-controlled malformed data URL containing many slash characters and no comma. the JavaScript regular-expression engine explores many separator placements before rejecting the URL. Synchronous excessive backtracking can block the Node.js event loop and cause denial of service. The affected identifiers are fromDataURI, DATA_URL_PATTERN, data:. This issue is fixed in version 1.20.0.
Title Axios: ReDoS in fromDataURI data: URL parser freezes the Node event loop (DoS)
Weaknesses CWE-1333
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-09-28T17:25:04.448Z

Updated: 2026-09-28T17:49:24.777Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T15:55:37.907Z

Link: CVE-2026-101903

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-28T17:49:00.535Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-28T18:17:18.560

Modified: 2026-09-30T19:38:27.293

Link: CVE-2026-101903

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-28T17:25:04Z

Links: CVE-2026-101903 - Bugzilla