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Vulnerability · Published Jun 11, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-44488Axios: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in axios

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity resource allocation without limits in axios from axios. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Axios versions 1.7.0 through 1.15.x did not enforce configured request and response size limits when requests were sent with the fetch adapter. Applications that selected adapter: 'fetch', or ran in environments where axios resolved to the fetch adapter, could receive or send bodies larger than maxContentLength or maxBodyLength despite those limits being explicitly configured. This can cause resource exhaustion in server-side usage when a malicious or compromised server returns an oversized response, when an attacker can supply a large data: URL, or when an application forwards attacker-controlled request bodies through axios while relying on maxBodyLength as a boundary. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.32.0 and 1.16.0.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13node-axiosno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-44488
Debian:14node-axios1.16.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44488
Ubuntu:25.10node-axiosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44488
Ubuntu:26.10node-axiosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44488
npmaxios1.16.0GHSA-777c-7fjr-54vf

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
axios axios >= 1.7.0, < 1.16.0

Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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