CVE-2026-42033 PUBLISHED

Axios: Prototype Pollution Gadgets - Response Tampering, Data Exfiltration, and Request Hijacking

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 23.04.2026 Published: 24.04.2026 Updated: 25.04.2026

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, when Object.prototype has been polluted by any co-dependency with keys that axios reads without a hasOwnProperty guard, an attacker can (a) silently intercept and modify every JSON response before the application sees it, or (b) fully hijack the underlying HTTP transport, gaining access to request credentials, headers, and body. The precondition is prototype pollution from a separate source in the same process. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and 0.31.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.4

Product Status

Vendor axios
Product axios
Versions
  • Version >= 1.0.0, < 1.15.1 is affected
  • Version < 0.31.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

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