CVE-2026-67316 PUBLISHED

axios before 1.18.0 Prototype Pollution via bodyless methods

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 29.07.2026 Published: 01.08.2026 Updated: 01.08.2026

axios is vulnerable to read-side prototype-pollution gadgets that can alter request construction when Object.prototype has already been polluted by a separate vulnerability or dependency. In the bodyless method aliases (axios.get(), axios.delete(), axios.head(), axios.options()), inherited data is read via (config || {}).data before config normalization, causing an attacker-controlled body to be sent on requests that did not set one. Additional low-level paths, only reachable when calling exported adapters/helpers (e.g. lib/adapters/http.js, unsafe/helpers/resolveConfig.js) directly with plain configs and no own proxy or paramsSerializer, can inherit polluted proxy values (routing requests through an attacker-controlled proxy) or paramsSerializer values (attacker-controlled URL serialization). These low-level gadgets do not reproduce through normal high-level axios calls on 1.15.2+. The issue is fixed in axios 1.18.0 and 0.33.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.3

Product Status

Vendor axios
Product axios
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1.0.0 to 1.18.0 (excl.)
  • Version 1.18.0 is unaffected
Vendor axios
Product axios
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.33.0 (excl.)
  • Version 0.33.0 is unaffected

Credits

  • bilerden reporter

References

Problem Types

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