Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 1.0.0 to before 1.15.2, he 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 surgical, invisible modification of all JSON API responses — including privilege escalation, balance manipulation, and authorization bypass. The default transformResponse function at lib/defaults/index.js:124 calls JSON.parse(data, this.parseReviver), where this is the merged config object. Because parseReviver is not present in Axios defaults, not validated by assertOptions, and not subject to any constraints, a polluted Object.prototype.parseReviver function is called for every key-value pair in every JSON response, allowing the attacker to selectively modify individual values while leaving the rest of the response intact. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.2.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-3w6x-2g7m-8v23 | Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-3w6x-2g7m-8v23 | Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
27 Apr 2026, 20:04
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| First Time |
Axios axios
Axios |
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| References | () https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-3w6x-2g7m-8v23 - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
24 Apr 2026, 19:17
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| References | () https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-3w6x-2g7m-8v23 - |
24 Apr 2026, 18:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-04-24 18:16
Updated : 2026-04-27 20:04
NVD link : CVE-2026-42044
Mitre link : CVE-2026-42044
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-42044
JSON object : View
Products Affected
axios
- axios
