Security: Upgrade axios to fix CVE-2021-3749

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
security

Research direction

Locate the axios dependency and any custom axios configurations, then review the migration guide and existing API calls for 1.x breaking changes. Run the full test suite and verify that axios is upgraded to ^1.6.0 or later, tests pass, and affected configurations or API calls still work.

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Description

bug

Security Vulnerability

Package: axios
Current Version: 0.21.1
Vulnerability: CVE-2021-3749 (Regular Expression Denial of Service)
Severity: Moderate

Issue

The current version of axios (0.21.1) has a known security vulnerability:

  • CVE-2021-3749: Regular expression denial of service in trim function
  • CVSS Score: 7.5 (High)

Recommendation

Upgrade axios to version 1.6.0 or later, which includes:

  • Security fixes for multiple CVEs
  • Better TypeScript support
  • Improved error handling
  • Node.js 18+ compatibility

Migration Notes

Axios 1.x has some breaking changes from 0.x:

  • Response data is now accessed via response.data (unchanged)
  • Some internal APIs have changed
  • Default timeout behavior may differ

References

Acceptance Criteria

  • Upgrade axios to ^1.6.0 or later
  • Run all tests to verify functionality
  • Check for any breaking changes in API calls
  • Update any custom axios configurations if needed
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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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