MediumGHSA-4w2v-q235-vp99CVE-2020-28168

Axios vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery

Published 4 Jan 2021 · Updated 10 Sept 2026

Affected package

axiosnpm
Affected
<0.21.1
Fixed in
0.21.1
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install axios@0.21.1

Details

Axios NPM package 0.21.0 contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability where an attacker is able to bypass a proxy by providing a URL that responds with a redirect to a restricted host or IP address.

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References

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