#VU56963 Resource exhaustion in axios - CVE-2021-3749

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#VU56963 Resource exhaustion in axios - CVE-2021-3749

Published: September 30, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU56963
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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: CVE-2021-3749
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
axios
Software vendor:
axios

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the isURLSearchParams function in utils.js. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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