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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2020-28168 json

Axios vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery

published 2020-11-06 6 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-4w2v-q235-vp99 , EUVD-2021-0488

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • npm axios 0.21.1
  • siemens sinec_ins 1.0
  • node-axios Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.21.1+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28168

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-28168 updated cvss 5.9

nodejs-axios: allows an attacker to bypass a proxy by providing a URL that responds with a redirect to a restricted host or IP address

  • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1 kiali
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0 kiali
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-console
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 axios
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-24-277-02 updated cvss 5.9

Subnet Solutions Inc. PowerSYSTEM Center

  • Subnet Solutions Inc. PowerSYSTEM Center <=PSC_2020_v5.21.x
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “For all vulnerabilities, users can disable usage of previous UI extensions.” subnet.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/3369 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm axios
<0.21.1
0.21.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery

References

Sources

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