p PatchFirst

CVE-2026-44494

CVE-2026-44494 · Axios: Full Man-in-the-Middle via Prototype Pollution Gadget in `config.proxy`

This page contains facts from public vulnerability sources. Check the original advisory before updating.

This page shows selected source facts. See the linked advisories for the complete description and affected versions.

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 1.0.0 to before 1.16.0, the Axios library is vulnerable to a Prototype Pollution "Gadget" attack that allows any Object.prototype pollution in the application's dependency tree to be escalated into a full Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack — intercepting, reading, and modifying all HTTP traffic including authentication credentials. The HTTP adapter at lib/adapters/http.js:670 reads config.proxy via standard property access, which traverses the prototype chain. Because proxy is not present in Axios defaults, the merged config object has no own proxy property, making it trivially injectable via prototype pollution. Once injected, setProxy() routes all HTTP requests through the attacker's proxy server. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.0.

CVSS 8.7 · High · EPSS 0.9% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system · node

Affected products and versions

  • axios

    Versions
    • >= 1.0.0, < 1.16.0: 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
    • 1.15.2-1
    • 1.8.4+dfsg-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.16.0-1

    Update to 1.16.0-1

  • axios npm

    Affected ranges
    • SEMVER: ≥ 1.0.0, < 1.16.0

    Update to 1.16.0

  • 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

Original sources

Check your server →