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CVE-2026-40175

Published: Apr 10, 2026

Modified: May 20, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.8

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

axios

axios

affected
>= 1.0.0, < 1.15.0
affected
< 0.31.0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-113
CWE-444
CWE-918

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

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