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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44490 (CVE-2026-44490)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-06-11 17:16 – Updated: 2026-08-13 22:37 – Source website

Details

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 0.32.0 and 1.16.0, axios exposes two read-side prototype-pollution gadgets. When Object.prototype is polluted by an upstream dependency in the same process (e.g. lodash _.merge / CVE-2018-16487), axios silently picks up the polluted values. (1) lib/utils.js line 406 builds merge()'s accumulator as result = {}, so result[targetKey] (line 414) walks Object.prototype and the polluted bucket's own keys are copied into the merged headers and ride out on the wire. (2) lib/core/mergeConfig.js line 26 builds the hasOwnProperty descriptor as a plain-object literal. Object.defineProperty reads descriptor.get/descriptor.set via the prototype chain, so a polluted Object.prototype.get or Object.prototype.set makes the call throw TypeError synchronously on every axios request. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.32.0 and 1.16.0.

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


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

8.2 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44490	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44490	REPORT
	https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisorie…	REPORT

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CVE-2026-44490 (GCVE-0-2026-44490)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-11 15:36 – Updated: 2026-06-11 17:23

Title

Axios: DoS & Header Injection via Prototype Pollution Read-Side Gadgets in axios merge functions

Summary

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-11 17:22 UTC

CWE

CWE-1321 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisorie…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
axios	axios	Affected: >= 1.0.0, < 1.16.0 Affected: < 0.32.0

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