CVE-2019-10742
Denial of Service in axios
Axios up to and including 0.18.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by continuing to accepting content after maxContentLength is exceeded.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Axios up to and including 0.18.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by continuing to accepting content after maxContentLength is exceeded.
- Record
CVE-2019-10742- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-755
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Axios up to and including 0.18.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by continuing to accepting content after maxContentLength is exceeded.
- Record
CVE-2019-10742- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-0448 No score
Axios up to and including 0.18.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by continuing to accepting content after maxContentLength is exceeded.
- Record
EUVD-2019-0448- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-42xw-2xvc-qx8m
Denial of Service in axios
Versions of axios prior to 0.18.1 are vulnerable to Denial of Service. If a request exceeds the maxContentLength property, the package prints an error but does not stop the request. This may cause high CPU usage and lead to Denial of Service.
Recommendation
Upgrade to 0.18.1 or later.
- Record
GHSA-42xw-2xvc-qx8m- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-755
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Axios up to and including 0.18.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by continuing to accepting content after maxContentLength is exceeded.
- Record
CVE-2019-10742- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-10742
Axios up to and including 0.18.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by continuing to accepting content after maxContentLength is exceeded.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10742- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVGHSA-42xw-2xvc-qx8m
Denial of Service in axios
Versions of axios prior to 0.18.1 are vulnerable to Denial of Service. If a request exceeds the maxContentLength property, the package prints an error but does not stop the request. This may cause high CPU usage and lead to Denial of Service.
Recommendation
Upgrade to 0.18.1 or later.
- Record
GHSA-42xw-2xvc-qx8m- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-755
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-10742
Axios up to and including 0.18.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by continuing to accepting content after maxContentLength is exceeded.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-10742- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1776991067 No score
TuxCare security update for axios (6 CVEs)
TuxCare rebuilt axios to address 6 CVEs. Fixed in 0.15.3-tuxcare.1.
- Record
CLSA-2026-1776991067- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1793101806 No score
TuxCare security update for axios (6 CVEs)
TuxCare rebuilt axios to address 6 CVEs. Fixed in 0.18.0-tuxcare.2.
- Record
CLSA-2026-1793101806- Updated
- 2026-11-06
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
axiosnpm |
through 0.18.0 | 0.18.1 |
axiosTuxCare:npm From an advisory covering 6 CVEs |
0.15.3-tuxcare.0 up to 0.15.3-tuxcare.1, plus listed versions 0.15.3 |
0.15.3-tuxcare.1 |
axiosTuxCare:npm From an advisory covering 6 CVEs |
0.18.0-tuxcare.0 up to 0.18.0-tuxcare.2, plus listed versions 0.18.00.18.0-tuxcare.1 |
0.18.0-tuxcare.2 |
node-axiosDebian:12 |
before 0.17.1+dfsg-2 | 0.17.1+dfsg-2 |
node-axiosDebian:13 |
before 0.17.1+dfsg-2 | 0.17.1+dfsg-2 |
node-axiosDebian:14 |
before 0.17.1+dfsg-2 | 0.17.1+dfsg-2 |
axiosnpm |
before 0.18.1 | 0.18.1 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | Viniciuspxf/CVE-2019-10742 | 2022-06-26 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | OSV | |
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-10742 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Axios, published May 7, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.14%, the 93rd percentile. Fixed in axios 0.18.1.