CVE-2026-42264

critical
Published 2026-05-08 · Modified 2026-05-12
CVSS v3
9.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.1

Description

Axios has prototype pollution read-side gadgets in HTTP adapter that allow credential injection and request hijacking

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
94%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-42264

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42264.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security-advisories@github.com — https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-q8qp-cvcw-x6jj

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security-advisories@github.com — https://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v1.15.2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security-advisories@github.com — https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/10779

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security-advisories@github.com — https://github.com/axios/axios/commit/47915144662f2733e6c051bdcb895a8c8f0586aa

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormaffected
debian debianbullseyeaffected
debian debianforkyfixed1.15.2-1
debian debiansidfixed1.15.2-1
debian debiantrixieaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
npm npmaxios>=1.0.0,<1.15.21.15.2
npm NPMaxios>= 1.0.0, < 1.15.21.15.2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
axiosaxios{"startIncluding":"1.0.0","endExcluding":"1.15.2"}1.15.2

References

CWEs

CWE-1321

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.