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node-axios — security advisory
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, the Axios library is vulnerable to a Prototype Pollution "Gadget" attack that allows any Object.prototype pollution to silently suppress all HTTP error responses (401, 403, 500, etc.), causing them to be treated as successful responses. This completely bypasses application-level authentication and error handling. The root cause is that validateStatus is the only config property using the mergeDirectKeys merge strategy, which uses JavaScript's in operator — an operator that inherently traverses the prototype chain. When Object.prototype.validateStatus is polluted with () => true, all HTTP status codes are accepted as success. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and 0.31.1.
- Products
- node-axios
- Affected versions
- 0.19.0+dfsg-2, 0.19.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, 0.21.1+dfsg-1, 0.23.0+dfsg-2, 0.24.0+dfsg-1, 0.25.0+dfsg-2, 0.26.0+dfsg-1, 0.26.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.11.0+dfsg-1, 1.12.1+dfsg-1, 1.13.2+dfsg-1build1, 1.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.16.0-1, 1.18.0-1, 1.19.0-1, 1.2.1+dfsg-1, 1.5.1+dfsg-1, 1.6.2+dfsg-1, 1.6.8+dfsg-2, 1.6.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.7.9+dfsg-1, 1.8.4+dfsg-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-42041
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 03:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, the Axios library is vulnerable to a Prototype Pollution "Gadget" attack that allows any Object.prototype pollution to silently suppress all HTTP error responses (401, 403, 500, etc.), causing them to be treated as successful responses. This completely bypasses application-level authentication and error handling. The root cause is that validateStatus is the only config property using the mergeDirectKeys merge strategy, which uses JavaScript's in operator — an operator that inherently traverses the prototype chain. When Object.prototype.validateStatus is polluted with () => true, all HTTP status codes are accepted as success. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and 0.31.1.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42041
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Complete source record
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