CVE-2025-62718: Axios fails to block proxy requests to internal addresses

Summary

If you use Axios to make requests to internal services like localhost, a malicious actor could potentially bypass security settings and access those services. This is because Axios doesn't correctly block requests to internal addresses until version 1.15.0. Update to a newer version of Axios to fix this issue.

What to do

Update GitHub Actions axios to version 1.15.0.
Update axios to version 1.15.0.
Update axios to version 0.31.0.

Affected software

Ecosystem	Vendor	Product	Affected versions
npm	GitHub Actions	axios	< 1.15.0 Fix: upgrade to 1.15.0
npm	–	axios	< 1.15.0 >= 1.0.0, < 1.15.0 < 0.31.0 Fix: upgrade to 1.15.0
–	axios	axios	< 1.15.0 < 0.31.0 >= 1.0.0, < 1.15.0 `cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios::::::node.js::*`

Original title

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.0 and 0.31.0, Axios does not correctly handle hostname normalization when checking NO_PROXY rules. Requests to loopba...

Original description

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.0 and 0.31.0, Axios does not correctly handle hostname normalization when checking NO_PROXY rules. Requests to loopback addresses like localhost. (with a trailing dot) or [::1] (IPv6 literal) skip NO_PROXY matching and go through the configured proxy. This goes against what developers expect and lets attackers force requests through a proxy, even if NO_PROXY is set up to protect loopback or internal services. This issue leads to the possibility of proxy bypass and SSRF vulnerabilities allowing attackers to reach sensitive loopback or internal services despite the configured protections. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.0 and 0.31.0.

nvd CVSS4.0 9.3

Vulnerability type

CWE-441

CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)