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GHSA-4WW2-RJH2-XPV9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-01 15:30 – Updated: 2026-08-31 20:02

Summary

Duplicate Advisory: Axios: Deep formToJSON Key Recursion Can Cause Denial of Service

Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-pmv8-rq9r-6j72. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

axios versions from 0.28.0 before 0.33.0 and from 1.0.0 before 1.18.0 contain uncontrolled recursion in formDataToJSON (exposed as axios.formToJSON() and used internally when serializing FormData with Content-Type: application/json). When an application passes attacker-controlled FormData field names, a field name with thousands of nested bracket-delimited segments causes unbounded recursion in buildPath(), exhausting the JavaScript call stack (RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded) and causing denial of service for that request, or process termination in applications without appropriate error handling.

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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      },
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  "id": "GHSA-4ww2-rjh2-xpv9",
  "modified": "2026-08-31T20:02:56Z",
  "published": "2026-08-01T15:30:27Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-pmv8-rq9r-6j72"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67312"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Duplicate Advisory: Axios: Deep formToJSON Key Recursion Can Cause Denial of Service",
  "withdrawn": "2026-08-31T20:02:56Z"
}

CVE-2026-67312 (GCVE-0-2026-67312)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-01 12:22 – Updated: 2026-08-03 18:34

Title

axios 0.28.0 before 0.33.0 Denial of Service via formToJSON

Summary

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-03 18:33 UTC

CWE

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisorie…	vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/axios-before…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
axios	axios	Affected: 0.28.0 , < 0.33.0 (semver) Unaffected: 0.33.0 (semver)
axios	axios	Affected: 1.0.0 , < 1.18.0 (semver) Unaffected: 1.18.0 (semver)

Date Public

2026-07-06 00:00

Credits

sam-caldwell

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Nomenclature

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