Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in axios - CVE-2025-62718
Published: April 10, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU125750
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-62718
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: axios
Affected software:
axios
axios
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct server-side request forgery and disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper hostname normalization in NO_PROXY rule evaluation when processing attacker-controlled request URLs. A remote attacker can supply a crafted URL using forms such as localhost. or [::1] to conduct server-side request forgery and disclose sensitive information.
Applications that rely on NO_PROXY entries for loopback or internal services are affected.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-62718
Install security update from vendor's website.