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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-3749 · published 31 August 2021

CVE-2021-3749: Axios inefficient regular expression (redos) vulnerability

Axios · Axios

axios is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 8.5% · top 5.1% CWE-1333 · Inefficient regular expression (ReDoS)CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.8
8.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
28References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

axios is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-637483.pdf Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/axios/axios/commit/5b457116e31db0e88fede6c428e969e87f290929 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/1e8f07fc-c384-4ff9-8498-0690de2e8c31 ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r075d464dce95cd13c03ff9384658edcccd5ab2983b82bfc72b62bb10%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r216f0fd0a3833856d6a6a1fada488cadba45f447d87010024328ccf2%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3ae6d2654f92c5851bdb73b35e96b0e4e3da39f28ac7a1b15ae3aab8%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4bf1b32983f50be00f9752214c1b53738b621be1c2b0dbd68c7f2391%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7324ecc35b8027a51cb6ed629490fcd3b2d7cf01c424746ed5744bf1%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r74d0b359408fff31f87445261f0ee13bdfcac7d66f6b8e846face321%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra15d63c54dc6474b29f72ae4324bcb03038758545b3ab800845de7a1%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc263bfc5b53afcb7e849605478d73f5556eb0c00d1f912084e407289%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfa094029c959da0f7c8cd7dc9c4e59d21b03457bf0cedf6c93e1bb0a%40%3Cdev.druid.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfc5c478053ff808671aef170f3d9fc9d05cc1fab8fb64431edc66103%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-637483.pdf Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/axios/axios/commit/5b457116e31db0e88fede6c428e969e87f290929 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/1e8f07fc-c384-4ff9-8498-0690de2e8c31 ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r075d464dce95cd13c03ff9384658edcccd5ab2983b82bfc72b62bb10%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r216f0fd0a3833856d6a6a1fada488cadba45f447d87010024328ccf2%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3ae6d2654f92c5851bdb73b35e96b0e4e3da39f28ac7a1b15ae3aab8%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4bf1b32983f50be00f9752214c1b53738b621be1c2b0dbd68c7f2391%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7324ecc35b8027a51cb6ed629490fcd3b2d7cf01c424746ed5744bf1%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r74d0b359408fff31f87445261f0ee13bdfcac7d66f6b8e846face321%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra15d63c54dc6474b29f72ae4324bcb03038758545b3ab800845de7a1%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc263bfc5b53afcb7e849605478d73f5556eb0c00d1f912084e407289%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfa094029c959da0f7c8cd7dc9c4e59d21b03457bf0cedf6c93e1bb0a%40%3Cdev.druid.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfc5c478053ff808671aef170f3d9fc9d05cc1fab8fb64431edc66103%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-3749), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.