# CVE-2026-40175: Axios has Unrestricted Cloud Metadata Exfiltration via Header Injection Chain

- Also known as: GHSA-FVCV-3M26-PCQX
- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 4 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.15.0, 0.31.0
- Published: 2026-04-10 · Updated: 2026-09-09

## Affected

- axios: from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.15.0; fixed in 0.31.0
- axios (npm): from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.15.0
- axios (npm): fixed in 0.31.0

## Description

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Versions prior to 1.15.0 and 0.3.1 are vulnerable to a specific gadget-style attack chain in which prototype pollution in a third-party dependency may be leveraged to inject unsanitized header values into outbound requests. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.0 and 0.3.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on axios, upgrade to a fixed version (1.15.0, 0.31.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-fvcv-3m26-pcqx
- https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/10660
- https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/10688
- https://github.com/axios/axios/commit/03cdfc99e8db32a390e12128208b6778492cee9c
- https://github.com/axios/axios/commit/363185461b90b1b78845dc8a99a1f103d9b122a1
- https://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v0.31.0
- https://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v1.15.0
- https://github.com/0xBlackash/CVE-2026-40175
- https://github.com/LeeKangHyun/axios-security-guide
- https://github.com/pjt3591oo/CVE-2026-40175-poc
- https://github.com/surri/audit-axios

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