CVE-2026-42264

Publication date 8 May 2026

Last updated 14 August 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.4 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
node-axios 26.04 LTS resolute
Fixed 1.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
25.10 questing Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1.6.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
node-axios

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.4 · High

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

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