# CVE-2026-42033: Axios: Prototype Pollution Gadgets - Response Tampering, Data Exfiltration, and Request Hijacking

- Also known as: GHSA-PF86-5X62-JRWF
- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.15.1, 0.31.1
- Published: 2026-04-24 · Updated: 2026-09-10

## Affected

- axios: from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.15.1; fixed in 0.31.1
- axios (npm): from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.15.1
- axios (npm): fixed in 0.31.1

## Description

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, when Object.prototype has been polluted by any co-dependency with keys that axios reads without a hasOwnProperty guard, an attacker can (a) silently intercept and modify every JSON response before the application sees it, or (b) fully hijack the underlying HTTP transport, gaining access to request credentials, headers, and body. The precondition is prototype pollution from a separate source in the same process. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and 0.31.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on axios, upgrade to a fixed version (1.15.1, 0.31.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-pf86-5x62-jrwf

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