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CVE-2026-101903GHSA-C29M-XWM3-CM6R

Axios: ReDoS in fromDataURI data: URL parser freezes the Node event loop (DoS)

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.20.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 1.16.1 until 1.20.0, the RFC 2397 regular expression allows slash characters on both sides of the media-type separator. An application passes an attacker-controlled malformed data URL containing many slash characters and no comma. the JavaScript regular-expression engine explores many separator placements before rejecting the URL. Synchronous excessive backtracking can block the Node.js event loop and cause denial of service. The affected identifiers are fromDataURI, DATA_URL_PATTERN, data:. This issue is fixed in version 1.20.0.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • axios axios

    From 1.16.1 · fixed in 1.20.0

  • axiosnpm

    From 1.16.1 · fixed in 1.20.0

References 4

GitHub · axios/axios