Prototype Pollution in Axios 0.19.00.31.1 & 1.15.2
CVE-2026-44495 Published on June 11, 2026

Axios: Credential Theft and Response Hijacking via Prototype Pollution Gadget in Config Merge
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 0.19.0 to before 0.31.1 and 1.15.2, Axios contains prototype-pollution gadgets in request config processing. If another vulnerability in the same JavaScript process has already polluted Object.prototype.transformResponse, affected Axios versions may treat that inherited value as request configuration or as an option validator. Axios does not itself create the prototype pollution. Exploitability requires a separate prototype-pollution vulnerability or equivalent attacker control over Object.prototype before Axios creates a request. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.31.1 and 1.15.2.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-44495 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. Public availability of a proof of concept (POC) exploit exists for CVE-2026-44495. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
LOW
Availability Impact:
LOW

Weakness Types

What is a Code Injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

CVE-2026-44495 has been classified to as a Code Injection vulnerability or weakness.

What is a Prototype Pollution Vulnerability?

The software 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.

CVE-2026-44495 has been classified to as a Prototype Pollution vulnerability or weakness.

What is a Mass Assignment Vulnerability?

The software 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.

CVE-2026-44495 has been classified to as a Mass Assignment vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-44495

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Axios
 
Red Hat Acm
 
Red Hat Container Native Virtualization
 
Red Hat Rhdh
 
Red Hat Discovery
 
Red Hat Openshift
 
Red Hat Service Mesh
 
Red Hat Multicluster Engine
 
Red Hat Cryostat
 
Red Hat Migration Toolkit Applications
 
Red Hat Rhmt
 
Red Hat Network Observ Optr
 
Red Hat Openshift Pipelines
 
Red Hat 3scale Amp
 
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security
 
Red Hat Amq Broker
 
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
 
Red Hat Apache Camel Hawtio
 
Red Hat Apicurio Registry
 
Red Hat Podman Desktop
 
Red Hat Jboss Data Grid
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ai
 
Red Hat Jboss Fuse
 
Red Hat Openshift Ai
 
Red Hat Openshift Devspaces
 
Red Hat Quay
 
Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer
 
Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer
 
Red Hat Ansible Portal
 
Red Hat Gatekeeper
 
Red Hat Camel Spring Boot
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
 
Red Hat Satellite
 
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Developer
 

Affected Versions

axios: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9: Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6: Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.8: Red Hat multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.9: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.9: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes 4.10: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6: Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.13: Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.14: Red Hat Developer Hub 1.10: Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9: Red Hat Discovery 2: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21: Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.29: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.1: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.1: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.2: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.2: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.3: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.3: Red Hat Quay 3.1: Red Hat Quay 3.16: Red Hat Quay 3.9: Red Hat Cryostat 4: Red Hat Cryostat 4: Red Hat Gatekeeper 3: Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications 8: Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications 8: Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers: Red Hat Network Observability Operator: Red Hat Network Observability Operator: Red Hat Network Observability Operator: Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines: Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3: Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2: Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2: Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2: Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2: Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2: Red Hat AMQ Broker 7: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2: Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4: Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4: Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3: Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3: Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop - Tech Preview: Red Hat Data Grid 8: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3: Red Hat Fuse 7: Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI): Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI): Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI): Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI): Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI): Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI): Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI): Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI): Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI): Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI): Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4: Red Hat Satellite 6: Red Hat Satellite 6: Red Hat Satellite 6: Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer: Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer: Red Hat Self-service automation portal 2: Red Hat Self-service automation portal 2:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.32%
Percentile
23.11%

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