Vulnerability · CVE-2026-42264
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js.
Published May 8, 2026 · catalog updated Sep 11, 2026 · Axios is a promise
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-42264. EPSS is 0.77%. Act only if a listed version of Axios is a promise is installed.
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- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Axios is a promise).
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Critical9.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.77%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe axios/axios
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From version 1.0.0 to before version 1.15.2, fFive config properties (auth, baseURL, socketPath, beforeRedirect, and insecureHTTPParser) in the HTTP adapter are read via direct property access without hasOwnProperty guards, making them exploitable as prototype pollution gadgets. When Object.prototype is polluted by another dependency in the same process, axios silently picks up these polluted values on every outbound HTTP request. This issue has been patched in version 1.15.2.
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- cpe axios/axiosversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-42264
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-42264. EPSS is 0.77%. Act only if a listed version of Axios is a promise is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-1321: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes (Prototype Pollution); CWE-915: Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes. EPSS 0.77%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 8, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From version 1.0.0 to before version 1.15.2, fFive config properties (auth, baseURL, socketPath, beforeRedirect, and insecureHTTPParser) in the HTTP adapter are read via direct property access without hasOwnProperty guards, making them exploitable as prototype pollution gadgets. When Object.prototype is polluted by another dependenc
Sep 11, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From version 1.0.0 to before version 1.15.2, fFive config properties (auth, baseURL, socketPath, beforeRedirect, and insecureHTTPParser) in the HTTP adapter are read via direct property access without hasOwnProperty guards, making them exploitable as prototype pollution gadgets. When Object.prototype is polluted by another dependenc
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-42264
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-42264
30-day exploitation probability 0.8%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-42264
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From version 1.0.0 to before version 1.15.2, fFive config properties (auth, baseURL, socketPath, beforeRedirect, and insecureHTTPParser) in the HTTP adapter are read via direct property access without hasOwnPropert
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.