Axios: Prototype pollution gadget in fetch adapter can alter outbound requests
## Summary Axios fetch adapter requests can be altered by inherited properties on `fetchOptions`. The adapter resolves method, headers, body, signal, and credentials into `resolvedOptions`, creates a `Request`, and then calls `fetch(request, fetchOptions)` instead of `fetch(request, resolvedOptions)`. In runtimes such as Node's undici-backed fetch, inherited `fetchOptions.headers` can override the headers already placed on the `Request`. Axios does not create the prototype pollution source. This is a read-side gadget that becomes exploitable after same-process prototype pollution. ## Impact An attacker with a prior prototype-pollution primitive can cause affected fetch-adapter requests to send attacker-controlled headers and drop caller-specified headers. This can affect authorization, cache behavior, metadata-service interactions, or application-specific header-based controls. The issue is specific to fetch-adapter behavior and does not affect Node HTTP adapter requests. ## Affected Functionality Affected: - `adapter: 'fetch'`. - Runtime environments where the fetch adapter is selected. - Requests where `fetchOptions` is an object that does not have safe own values for sensitive fetch init fields. Not affected: - Node HTTP adapter. - Requests that do not use the fetch adapter. - Processes where `Object.prototype` is not polluted. ## Technical Details `lib/adapters/fetch.js` builds: ```js const resolvedOptions = { ...fetchOptions, signal: composedSignal, method: method.toUppe
GHSA-vh66-26gq-q6x8
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axios
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- Fixed versions
- 1.20.0
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]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-101908
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- #37705 · Revision 1
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