Axios: Prototype pollution read-side gadgets in HTTP adapter allow credential injection and request hijacking (axios axios)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.80 % · percentile 56 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From version 1.0.0 to before version 1.15.2, fFive config properties (auth, baseURL, socketPath, beforeRedirect, and insecureHTTPParser) in the HTTP adapter are read via direct property access without hasOwnProperty guards, making them exploitable as prototype pollution gadgets. When Object.prototype is polluted by another dependency in the same process, axios silently picks up these polluted values on every outbound HTTP request. This issue has been patched in version 1.15.2.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-1321 — Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes
- CWE-915 — Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes
References
- https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-q8qp-cvcw-x6jj
- https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/10779
- https://github.com/axios/axios/commit/47915144662f2733e6c051bdcb895a8c8f0586aa
- https://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v1.15.2
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42264
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467927
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42264.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66545
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66488
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20938
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20889
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36207
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42142
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41928
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50300
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62260
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37287
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37297
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33173
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37288
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | redhat-SADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-q8qp-cvcw-x6jj — Axios has prototype pollution read-side gadgets in HTTP adapter that allow credential injection and request hijacking
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-28505
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-42264
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1378 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1256 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1206 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1165 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0958 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0934 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Atlassian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0901 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0834 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0810 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0773 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Atlassian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*≥ 1.0.0 < 1.15.2
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| axios · axios | affected >= 1.0.0, < 1.15.2 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |