# CVE-2026-101902: Axios: Prototype-Pollution Gadget in the Default Instance Allows Inherited Object.prototype.method to Override HTTP Method

- Also known as: GHSA-9FR6-4GFG-395G
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.20.0, 0.34.0
- Published: 2026-09-28 · Updated: 2026-09-28

## Affected

- axios: from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.20.0; from 0.27.2, fixed in 0.34.0
- axios (npm): from 0.27.2, fixed in 0.34.0
- axios (npm): from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.20.0

## Description

Axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 0.27.2 until 0.34.0 and 1.20.0, Axios default-instance requests that omit an explicit method can read an inherited method value from Object.prototype. If another vulnerability in the same process pollutes Object.prototype.method, calls such as axios.request({ url }) and axios({ url }) can send a state-changing HTTP method instead of the expected default GET. Axios does not create the prototype pollution source. This is a read-side gadget in axios request dispatch. This issue is fixed in version 0.34.0 and 1.20.0.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-9fr6-4gfg-395g
- https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/11141
- https://github.com/axios/axios/commit/d19040bda7a8be2f82c3c6e1a5bc03917daee39a
- https://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v0.34.0
- https://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v1.20.0

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