CVE-2025-58754

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. When Axios prior to versions 0.30.2 and 1.12.0 runs on Node.js and is given a URL with the `data:` scheme, it does not perform HTTP. Instead, its Node http adapter decodes the entire payload into memory (`Buffer`/`Blob`) and returns a synthetic 200 response. This path ignores `maxContentLength` / `maxBodyLength` (which only protect HTTP responses), so an attacker can supply a very large `data:` URI and cause the process to allocate unbounded memory and crash (DoS), even if the caller requested `responseType: 'stream'`. Versions 0.30.2 and 1.12.0 contain a patch for the issue.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/axios/axios/commit/945435fc51467303768202250debb8d4ae892593	Patch
https://github.com/axios/axios/commit/a1b1d3f073a988601583a604f5f9f5d05a3d0b67	Patch
https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/7011	Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/7034	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v0.30.2	Release Notes
https://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v1.12.0	Release Notes
https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-4hjh-wcwx-xvwj	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-4hjh-wcwx-xvwj	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

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Information

Published : 2025-09-12 02:15

Updated : 2025-10-24 20:56

NVD link : CVE-2025-58754

Mitre link : CVE-2025-58754

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-58754

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Products Affected

axios

axios

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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