Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Axios versions 1.7.0 through 1.15.x did not enforce configured request and response size limits when requests were sent with the fetch adapter. Applications that selected adapter: 'fetch', or ran in environments where axios resolved to the fetch adapter, could receive or send bodies larger than maxContentLength or maxBodyLength despite those limits being explicitly configured. This can cause resource exhaustion in server-side usage when a malicious or compromised server returns an oversized response, when an attacker can supply a large data: URL, or when an application forwards attacker-controlled request bodies through axios while relying on maxBodyLength as a boundary. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.32.0 and 1.16.0.
History

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Important


Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Axios
Axios axios
Vendors & Products Axios
Axios axios

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', '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. Axios versions 1.7.0 through 1.15.x did not enforce configured request and response size limits when requests were sent with the fetch adapter. Applications that selected adapter: 'fetch', or ran in environments where axios resolved to the fetch adapter, could receive or send bodies larger than maxContentLength or maxBodyLength despite those limits being explicitly configured. This can cause resource exhaustion in server-side usage when a malicious or compromised server returns an oversized response, when an attacker can supply a large data: URL, or when an application forwards attacker-controlled request bodies through axios while relying on maxBodyLength as a boundary. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.32.0 and 1.16.0.
Title Axios: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in axios
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics 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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-06-11T15:37:38.013Z

Updated: 2026-06-11T18:27:29.931Z

Reserved: 2026-05-06T17:18:51.783Z

Link: CVE-2026-44488

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-11T18:16:18.709Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-06-11T17:16:32.750

Modified: 2026-06-12T19:04:30.670

Link: CVE-2026-44488

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-06-11T15:37:38Z

Links: CVE-2026-44488 - Bugzilla