CVE-2026-40175
MEDIUM4.8EPSS 0.06%Axios has Unrestricted Cloud Metadata Exfiltration via Header Injection Chain
Published: 4/10/2026Modified: 5/20/2026
Description
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Versions prior to 1.15.0 and 0.3.1 are vulnerable to a specific gadget-style attack chain in which prototype pollution in a third-party dependency may be leveraged to inject unsanitized header values into outbound requests. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.0 and 0.3.1.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/node-axiosfrom 0
- npm/axios>= 1.0.0, < 1.15.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
References (12)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40175
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40175
- PATCHhttps://github.com/axios/axios
- WEBhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-876049.html
- WEBhttps://github.com/axios/axios/commit/03cdfc99e8db32a390e12128208b6778492cee9c
- WEBhttps://github.com/axios/axios/commit/363185461b90b1b78845dc8a99a1f103d9b122a1
- WEBhttps://github.com/axios/axios/pull/10660
- WEBhttps://github.com/axios/axios/pull/10660#issuecomment-4224168081
- WEBhttps://github.com/axios/axios/pull/10688
- WEBhttps://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v0.31.0
- WEBhttps://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v1.15.0
- WEBhttps://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-fvcv-3m26-pcqx