# CVE-2021-3749: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in axios/axios

- Also known as: GHSA-CPH5-M8F7-6C5X
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 0.21.2
- Published: 2021-08-31 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- axios axios/axios: through 0.21.1
- axios (npm): fixed in 0.21.2

## Description

axios is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on axios axios/axios, axios, upgrade to a fixed version (0.21.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/1e8f07fc-c384-4ff9-8498-0690de2e8c31
- https://github.com/axios/axios/commit/5b457116e31db0e88fede6c428e969e87f290929
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7324ecc35b8027a51cb6ed629490fcd3b2d7cf01c424746ed5744bf1%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfc5c478053ff808671aef170f3d9fc9d05cc1fab8fb64431edc66103%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r216f0fd0a3833856d6a6a1fada488cadba45f447d87010024328ccf2%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3ae6d2654f92c5851bdb73b35e96b0e4e3da39f28ac7a1b15ae3aab8%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra15d63c54dc6474b29f72ae4324bcb03038758545b3ab800845de7a1%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r74d0b359408fff31f87445261f0ee13bdfcac7d66f6b8e846face321%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc263bfc5b53afcb7e849605478d73f5556eb0c00d1f912084e407289%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4bf1b32983f50be00f9752214c1b53738b621be1c2b0dbd68c7f2391%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r075d464dce95cd13c03ff9384658edcccd5ab2983b82bfc72b62bb10%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfa094029c959da0f7c8cd7dc9c4e59d21b03457bf0cedf6c93e1bb0a%40%3Cdev.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-637483.pdf
- https://github.com/T-Guerrero/axios-redos

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