CVE-2026-42033
HIGHAxios: Prototype Pollution Gadgets - Response Tampering, Data Exfiltration, and Request Hijacking
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (41)
Core 41
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14937
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16476
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16532
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16534
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16535
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16542
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16874
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17468
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17474
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17657
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17699
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19109
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19375
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20889
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20938
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21017
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21338
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21772
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22465
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22619
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22629
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22840
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23361
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24536
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24539
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24853
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24977
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25041
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25089
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25271
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25273
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26214
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26225
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26232
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26234
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42033
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461607
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-pf86-5x62-jrwf
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33574
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36882
Scores
CVSS v3
7.4
EPSS
0.0081
EPSS Percentile
53.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-1321
CWE-915
Status
published
Products (3)
axios/axios
< 0.31.1 (2 CPE variants)
axios/axios
>= 1.0.0, < 1.15.1
npm/axios
1.0.0 - 1.15.1npm
Published
Apr 24, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 24, 2026