CVE-2026-67312 axios 0.28.0 before 0.33.0 and 1.0.0 before 1.18.0 Denial of Service via formToJSON

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service in applications using axios by sending FormData with deeply nested field names, triggering stack exhaustion.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-67312?

CVE-2026-67312 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in axios, published on 1 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-67312?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including axios. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
axios npmFrom 0.28.00.33.0
axios npmFrom 0.28.00.33.0
axios npmFrom 1.0.01.18.0
axios npmFrom 1.0.01.18.0
Linux distribution packages (1)
python-nbdime openSUSE:TumbleweedAll versions4.0.4-24.1

Products include Axios Axios.

How do I fix CVE-2026-67312?

Upgrade axios to a fixed version for your release line: 0.33.0 or 1.18.0.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2026-67312 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-67312 exists.

Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2026-XJ62006, CVE-2026-68941, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-67312, ECHO-c23a-28c1-335e, GHSA-pmv8-rq9r-6j72, MINI-362m-j2ww-594r and 28 more.

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