CVE-2026-42264
CVE-2026-42264 · Axios: Prototype pollution read-side gadgets in HTTP adapter allow credential injection and request hijacking
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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.
CVSS 7.4 · High · EPSS 0.8% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Affected products and versions
axios
- Versions
- >= 1.0.0, < 1.15.2: 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, < 1.15.2
Update to 1.15.2
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
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1.6.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Update to 1.6.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
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:Pro:26.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.11.0+dfsg-1
- 1.12.1+dfsg-1
- 1.13.2+dfsg-1build1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Update to 1.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Original sources
- 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
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42264