DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44494
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 1.0.0 to before 1.16.0, the Axios library is vulnerable to a Prototype Pollution "Gadget" attack that allows any Object.prototype pollution in the application's dependency tree to be escalated into a full Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack — intercepting, reading, and modifying all HTTP traffic including authentication credentials. The HTTP adapter at lib/adapters/http.js:670 reads config.proxy via standard property access, which traverses the prototype chain. Because proxy is not present in Axios defaults, the merged config object has no own proxy property, making it trivially injectable via prototype pollution. Once injected, setProxy() routes all HTTP requests through the attacker's proxy server. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.0.
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44494
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44494
node-axios
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 1.11.0+dfsg-1
Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.12.1+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.13.1+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.13.2+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.14.0+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.15.0-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.15.2-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.0-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.18.0-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.19.0-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.2.1+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.2.1+dfsg-1+deb12u1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.20.0-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.5.1+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.6.2+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.6.8+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.6.8+dfsg-2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.7.3+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.7.4+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.7.7+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.7.9+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.8.4+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions - Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
node-axios
Source reference: /affected/1/package/name
- Affected versions
- 1.11.0+dfsg-1
Source reference:
/affected/1/versions1.12.1+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions1.13.1+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions1.13.2+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions1.14.0+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions1.15.0-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions1.15.2-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions1.16.0-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions1.18.0-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions1.19.0-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions1.20.0-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions1.8.4+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions - Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
node-axios
Source reference: /affected/2/package/name
- Affected versions
- 1.11.0+dfsg-1
Source reference:
/affected/2/versions1.12.1+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/2/versions1.13.1+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/2/versions1.13.2+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/2/versions1.14.0+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/2/versions1.15.0-1Source reference:
/affected/2/versions1.15.2-1Source reference:
/affected/2/versions1.8.4+dfsg-1Source reference:
/affected/2/versions - Fixed versions
- 1.16.0-1
Source reference:
/affected/2/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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"ecosystem": "Debian:12"
},
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"1.13.1+dfsg-1",
"1.13.2+dfsg-1",
"1.14.0+dfsg-1",
"1.15.0-1",
"1.15.2-1",
"1.16.0-1",
"1.18.0-1",
"1.19.0-1",
"1.2.1+dfsg-1",
"1.2.1+dfsg-1+deb12u1",
"1.20.0-1",
"1.5.1+dfsg-1",
"1.6.2+dfsg-1",
"1.6.8+dfsg-1",
"1.6.8+dfsg-2",
"1.7.3+dfsg-1",
"1.7.4+dfsg-1",
"1.7.7+dfsg-1",
"1.7.9+dfsg-1",
"1.8.4+dfsg-1"
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"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
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},
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"1.18.0-1",
"1.19.0-1",
"1.20.0-1",
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},
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}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
- #57067 · Revision 1
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