FKIE_CVE-2026-40175

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-10 20:16 - Updated: 2026-04-21 19:44
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.0 and 0.3.1, the Axios library is vulnerable to a specific "Gadget" attack chain that allows Prototype Pollution in any third-party dependency to be escalated into Remote Code Execution (RCE) or Full Cloud Compromise (via AWS IMDSv2 bypass). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.0 and 0.3.1.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/axios/axios/commit/03cdfc99e8db32a390e12128208b6778492cee9cPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/axios/axios/commit/363185461b90b1b78845dc8a99a1f103d9b122a1Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/axios/axios/pull/10660Issue Tracking, Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/axios/axios/pull/10688Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v0.31.0Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v1.15.0Product, Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-fvcv-3m26-pcqxExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/10660#issuecomment-4224168081Issue Tracking, Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
axios axios *
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