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CVE-2026-42041

CVE-2026-42041 · Axios: Authentication Bypass via Prototype Pollution Gadget in `validateStatus` Merge Strategy

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Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, the Axios library is vulnerable to a Prototype Pollution "Gadget" attack that allows any Object.prototype pollution to silently suppress all HTTP error responses (401, 403, 500, etc.), causing them to be treated as successful responses. This completely bypasses application-level authentication and error handling. The root cause is that validateStatus is the only config property using the mergeDirectKeys merge strategy, which uses JavaScript's in operator — an operator that inherently traverses the prototype chain. When Object.prototype.validateStatus is polluted with () => true, all HTTP status codes are accepted as success. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and 0.31.1.

CVSS 4.8 · Medium · EPSS 0.8% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system · node

Affected products and versions

  • axios

    Versions
    • >= 1.0.0, < 1.15.1: Affected
    • < 0.31.1: Affected

    No fix published

  • node-axios Debian:12

    Versions
    • 1.11.0+dfsg-1
    • 1.12.1+dfsg-1
    • 1.13.1+dfsg-1
    • 1.13.2+dfsg-1
    • 1.14.0+dfsg-1
    • 1.15.0-1
    • 1.15.2-1
    • 1.16.0-1
    • 1.18.0-1
    • 1.19.0-1
    • 1.2.1+dfsg-1
    • 1.2.1+dfsg-1+deb12u1
    • 1.20.0-1
    • 1.5.1+dfsg-1
    • 1.6.2+dfsg-1
    • 1.6.8+dfsg-1
    • 1.6.8+dfsg-2
    • 1.7.3+dfsg-1
    • 1.7.4+dfsg-1
    • 1.7.7+dfsg-1
    • 1.7.9+dfsg-1
    • 1.8.4+dfsg-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-axios Debian:13

    Versions
    • 1.11.0+dfsg-1
    • 1.12.1+dfsg-1
    • 1.13.1+dfsg-1
    • 1.13.2+dfsg-1
    • 1.14.0+dfsg-1
    • 1.15.0-1
    • 1.15.2-1
    • 1.16.0-1
    • 1.18.0-1
    • 1.19.0-1
    • 1.20.0-1
    • 1.8.4+dfsg-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-axios Debian:14

    Versions
    • 1.11.0+dfsg-1
    • 1.12.1+dfsg-1
    • 1.13.1+dfsg-1
    • 1.13.2+dfsg-1
    • 1.14.0+dfsg-1
    • 1.15.0-1
    • 1.8.4+dfsg-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.15.2-1

    Update to 1.15.2-1

  • axios npm

    Affected ranges
    • SEMVER: ≥ 1.0.0, < 1.15.1

    Update to 1.15.1

  • axios npm

    Affected ranges
    • SEMVER: < 0.31.1

    Update to 0.31.1

  • node-axios Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 0.19.0+dfsg-2
    • 0.19.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-axios Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 0.21.1+dfsg-1
    • 0.23.0+dfsg-2
    • 0.24.0+dfsg-1
    • 0.25.0+dfsg-2
    • 0.26.0+dfsg-1
    • 0.26.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-axios Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.2.1+dfsg-1
    • 1.5.1+dfsg-1
    • 1.6.2+dfsg-1
    • 1.6.8+dfsg-2
    • 1.6.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-axios Ubuntu:25.10

    Versions
    • 1.7.9+dfsg-1
    • 1.8.4+dfsg-1
    • 1.11.0+dfsg-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-axios Ubuntu:26.10

    Versions
    • 1.13.2+dfsg-1build1
    • 1.16.0-1
    • 1.18.0-1
    • 1.19.0-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-axios Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.11.0+dfsg-1
    • 1.12.1+dfsg-1
    • 1.13.2+dfsg-1build1
    • 1.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

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