Axios: HTTP adapter streamed responses bypass maxContentLength_CVE-2026-42036

5.3 / 10

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Description

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, when responseType: 'stream' is used, Axios returns the response stream without enforcing maxContentLength. This bypasses configured response-size limits and allows unbounded downstream consumption. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and 0.31.1.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-42036

Source GitHub_M

Published Apr 24, 2026 at 18:00

Affected Product

Vendor axios

Product axios

Version >= 1.0.0, < 1.15.1

Affected Versions axios axios >= 1.0.0, < 1.15.1
axios axios < 0.31.1

CWE Classification

CWE-770

References

github.com /axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-vf2m-468p-8v99

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