CVE-2025-54371: Withdrawn Advisory Axios Has Transitive Critical Vulnerability Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-rm8p-cx58-hcvx",
  "modified" : "2025-07-24T13:35:30Z",
  "published" : "2025-07-23T16:49:38Z",
  "withdrawn" : "2025-07-24T13:35:30Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2025-54371" ],
  "summary" : "Withdrawn Advisory: Axios has Transitive Critical Vulnerability via form-data",
  "details" : "### Withdrawn Advisory\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because users of Axios 1.10.0 have the flexibility to use a patched version of form-data, the software in which the vulnerability originates, without upgrading Axios to address GHSA-fjxv-7rqg-78g4.\n\n### Original Description\nA critical vulnerability exists in the form-data package used by `axios@1.10.0`. The issue allows an attacker to predict multipart boundary values generated using `Math.random()`, opening the door to HTTP parameter pollution or injection attacks.\n\nThis was submitted in [issue #6969](https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/6969) and addressed in [pull request #6970](https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/6970).\n\n### Details\nThe vulnerable package `form-data@4.0.0` is used by `axios@1.10.0` as a transitive dependency. It uses non-secure, deterministic randomness (`Math.random()`) to generate multipart boundary strings.\n\nThis flaw is tracked under [Snyk Advisory SNYK-JS-FORMDATA-10841150](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-FORMDATA-10841150) and [CVE-2025-7783](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-FORMDATA-10841150).\n\nAffected `form-data` versions:\n- <2.5.4\n- >=3.0.0 <3.0.4\n- >=4.0.0 <4.0.4\n\nSince `axios@1.10.0` pulls in `form-data@4.0.0`, it is exposed to this issue.\n\n\n### PoC\n1. Install Axios: - `npm install axios@1.10.0`\n2.Run `snyk test`:\n```\nTested 104 dependencies for known issues, found 1 issue, 1 vulnerable path.\n\n✗ Predictable Value Range from Previous Values [Critical Severity]\nin form-data@4.0.0 via axios@1.10.0 > form-data@4.0.0\n\n```\n3. Trigger a multipart/form-data request. Observe the boundary header uses predictable random values, which could be exploited in a targeted environment.\n\n\n### Impact\n\n- **Vulnerability Type**: Predictable Value / HTTP Parameter Pollution\n- **Risk**: Critical (CVSS 9.4)\n- **Impacted Users**: Any application using axios@1.10.0 to submit multipart form-data\n\n\nThis could potentially allow attackers to:\n- Interfere with multipart request parsing\n- Inject unintended parameters\n- Exploit backend deserialization logic depending on content boundaries\n\n### Related Links\n[GitHub Issue #6969](https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/6969)\n\n[Pull Request #xxxx](https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/xxxx) (replace with actual link)\n\n[Snyk Advisory](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-FORMDATA-10841150)\n\n[form-data on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/form-data)",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "npm",
      "name" : "axios"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "1.10.0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "1.11.0"
      } ]
    } ],
    "versions" : [ "1.10.0" ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-rm8p-cx58-hcvx"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54371"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7783"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/6969"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/6970"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fjxv-7rqg-78g4"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/axios/axios"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-FORMDATA-10841150"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ ],
    "severity" : "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2025-07-23T16:49:38Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2025-07-23T21:15:26Z"
  }
}