7.2
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-42043
Axios: Incomplete Fix for CVE-2025-62718 — NO_PROXY Protection Bypassed via RFC 1122 Loopback Subnet (127.0.0.0/8) in Axios 1.15.0
Description

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, an attacker who can influence the target URL of an Axios request can use any address in the 127.0.0.0/8 range (other than 127.0.0.1) to completely bypass the NO_PROXY protection. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete for CVE-2025-62718, This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and 0.31.1.

INFO

Published Date :

April 24, 2026, 6:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 24, 2026, 6:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH MITRE-CVE
Solution
Update Axios to a patched version to fix the NO_PROXY bypass.
  • Update Axios to version 1.15.1 or later.
  • Update Axios to version 0.31.1 or later.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-pmwg-cvhr-8vh7
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Apr. 24, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, an attacker who can influence the target URL of an Axios request can use any address in the 127.0.0.0/8 range (other than 127.0.0.1) to completely bypass the NO_PROXY protection. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete for CVE-2025-62718, This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and 0.31.1.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-441
    Added CWE CWE-918
    Added CWE CWE-183
    Added Reference https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-pmwg-cvhr-8vh7
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