Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in axios - #VU127601
Published: April 24, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU127601
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-770
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 cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling in the HTTP adapter streamed response handling when processing responses with responseType: 'stream' and enforcing maxContentLength. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted oversized response to cause a denial of service.
The issue affects Node.js applications that rely on maxContentLength as a safety boundary while using streamed Axios responses.
Remediation
Install security update from vendor's website.