Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Business Automation Workflow packages a vulnerable version of the axios library.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2025-58754
DESCRIPTION: Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. When Axios starting in version 0.28.0 and prior to versions 0.30.2 and 1.12.0 runs on Node.js and is given a URL with the `data:` scheme, it does not perform HTTP. Instead, its Node http adapter decodes the entire payload into memory (`Buffer`/`Blob`) and returns a synthetic 200 response. This path ignores `maxContentLength` / `maxBodyLength` (which only protect HTTP responses), so an attacker can supply a very large `data:` URI and cause the process to allocate unbounded memory and crash (DoS), even if the caller requested `responseType: 'stream'`. Versions 0.30.2 and 1.12.0 contain a patch for the issue.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) | Status |
| IBM Business Automation Workflow containers | V25.0.0 - V25.0.0-IF002 V24.0.1 - V24.0.1-IF005 V24.0.0 - V24.0.0-IF007 earlier unsupported versions | affected |
| IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional | V25.0.0 V24.0.1 V24.0.0 earlier unsupported versions | affected |
For earlier and unsupported versions of the products, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.
Remediation/Fixes
The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR DT451477 as soon as practical.
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) | Remediation / Fix |
|---|---|---|
| IBM Business Automation Workflow containers | V25.0.0 - V25.0.0-IF002 | Apply 25.0.0-IF003 |
| IBM Business Automation Workflow containers | V24.0.1 - V24.0.1-IF005 | Apply 24.0.1-IF006 |
| IBM Business Automation Workflow containers | V24.0.0 - V24.0.0-IF007 | Apply 24.0.0-IF008 |
| IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional | V25.0.0 | Apply APAR DT451477 included in 25.0.0-IF003 |
| IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional | V24.0.1 | Apply APAR DT451477 included in 24.0.1-IF006 |
| IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional | V24.0.0 | Apply APAR DT451477 included in 24.0.0-IF008 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
30 Jan 2026: Initial Publication
02 Feb 2026: Correct 24.0.1-IF006 link reference (it was incorrectly labelled as IF007 before)
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
02 February 2026
Initial Publish date:
30 January 2026
UID
ibm17259322