What is CVE-2019-10742?

CVE-2019-10742 is a high-severity vulnerability in Axios, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2019-10742?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-10742 known to be exploited?

14 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Axios

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.

Published 2019-05-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.061 (93.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.060 · newest: 0.061 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Axios — versions through 0.18.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

app.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-AXIOS-174505 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/axios/axios/issues/1098 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/axios/axios/pull/1485 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10742?: CVE-2019-10742 is a high-severity vulnerability in Axios, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2019-10742?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-10742 known to be exploited?: 14 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.