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CVE-2019-10742

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2019-05-07
  • WeaknessCWE-755

Am I affected?

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Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-05-0719:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2019-10742?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Axios
BranchAffectedFixed in
0.18≤ 0.18.0no fix published
axios
BranchAffectedFixed in
0.18< 0.18.10.18.1

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • axiosTuxCare:npmfrom 0.15.3-tuxcare.0 · fixed in 0.15.3-tuxcare.1
  • axiosTuxCare:npmfrom 0.18.0-tuxcare.0 · fixed in 0.18.0-tuxcare.2
  • node-axiosDebian:14all versions · fixed in 0.17.1+dfsg-2
  • node-axiosDebian:13all versions · fixed in 0.17.1+dfsg-2
  • node-axiosDebian:12all versions · fixed in 0.17.1+dfsg-2

Full record on NVD

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedViniciuspxf/CVE-2019-10742
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2019-05-07
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-42xw-2xvc-qx8m

Frequently asked questions

What is 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.

Is CVE-2019-10742 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-10742 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 6.1% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-10742?

CVE-2019-10742 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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