CVE-2026-40175 PUBLISHED

Axios has Unrestricted Cloud Metadata Exfiltration via Header Injection Chain

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 09.04.2026 Published: 10.04.2026 Updated: 10.04.2026

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.0, 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 10

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Changed
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	axios
Product	axios
Versions	Version < 1.15.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

CWE-113: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting') CWE
CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling') CWE
CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) CWE