Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in axios - CVE-2026-42036
Published: April 24, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU127601
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-42036
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
axios
IBM Cloud Pak System
IBM MQ Operator
IBM Decision Optimization for Cloud Pak for Data
IBM supplied MQ Advanced container images
IBM Cloud Pak System
IBM MQ Operator
IBM Decision Optimization for Cloud Pak for Data
IBM supplied MQ Advanced container images
How to mitigate CVE-2026-42036
Install security update from vendor's website.
axios - addressed in versions 0.31.1, 1.15.1
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.5.1
IBM MQ Operator - addressed in versions 3.2.26 SC2, 4.0.1 SC2
IBM supplied MQ Advanced container images - update to 10.0.0.0-r2
IBM Decision Optimization for Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.3.1 patch 6
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.5.1
IBM MQ Operator - addressed in versions 3.2.26 SC2, 4.0.1 SC2
IBM supplied MQ Advanced container images - update to 10.0.0.0-r2
IBM Decision Optimization for Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.3.1 patch 6