8.7

CVE-2026-44494

Exploit

Axios: Full Man-in-the-Middle via Prototype Pollution Gadget in `config.proxy`

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.
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AxiosAxios SwPlatformnode.js Version >= 1.0.0 < 1.16.0
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 1.04% 0.597
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
security-advisories@github.com 8.7 2.2 5.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c 8.7 2.2 5.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

The product receives input from an upstream component that specifies attributes that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control modifications of attributes of the object prototype.

CWE-441 Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy')

The product receives a request, message, or directive from an upstream component, but the product does not sufficiently preserve the original source of the request before forwarding the request to an external actor that is outside of the product's control sphere. This causes the product to appear to be the source of the request, leading it to act as a proxy or other intermediary between the upstream component and the external actor.

CWE-915 Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes

The product receives input from an upstream component that specifies multiple attributes, properties, or fields that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control which attributes can be modified.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487942
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44494.json
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20889
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20938
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26234
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33574
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30651
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33155
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33160
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33163
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33173
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33183
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30650
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27044
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28964
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29082
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29864
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34525
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34527
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34530
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33005
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36108
https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-35jp-ww65-95wh
Vendor Advisory
Exploit
Mitigation
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29800
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44494
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34794
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36820
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36882
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36754
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36883