CVE-2024-39338 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in axios. 1 public exploit or proof-of-concept reference is indexed, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for axios — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Server-Side Request Forgery in axios
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-39338.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
axiosnpmDescription
axios 1.7.2 allows SSRF via unexpected behavior where requests for path relative URLs get processed as protocol relative URLs.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | axios | ≥ 1.3.2&&< 1.7.4 | 1.7.4npm install axios@1.7.4 |
Affected Products
axiosaxiosResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for axios, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update axios to 1.7.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-39338 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Restrict outbound requests from the affected component to an allowlist of hosts, block access to link-local and internal address ranges at the network layer, and require authentication on internal services so a forged request cannot reach them unauthenticated.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
This vulnerability is rated as IMPORTANT because it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and without user interaction, it poses a significant risk to confidentiality.
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2024-39338 (CC BY 4.0)
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery 1 for RHEL 9 | discovery/discovery-server-rhel9:1.12.0-1 | RHSA-2025:1249 |
| NETWORK-OBSERVABILITY-1.7.0-RHEL-9 | network-observability/network-observability-cli-rhel9:v1.7.0-67 | RHSA-2024:8014 |
| OpenShift-Pipelines-1.16-RHEL-8 | openshift-pipelines/pipelines-chains-controller-rhel8:v1.16.0-6 | RHEA-2024:7870 |
| Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers 1.8 | rhmtc/openshift-migration-ui-rhel8:v1.8.4-10 | RHSA-2024:7164 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 | openshift4/ose-console-rhel9:v4.17.0-202411050935.p0.gbba7284.assembly.stream.el9 | RHSA-2024:8981 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | openshift4/aws-kms-encryption-provider-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g088dcaf.assembly.stream.el9 | RHSA-2024:6122 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3 Containers | devspaces/code-rhel8:3.16-20 | RHSA-2024:6667 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.4 for RHEL 8 | openshift-service-mesh/grafana-rhel8:2.4.10-3 | RHSA-2024:6209 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-39338 in your dependencies?
Find it across npm, including transitive dependencies.