# CVE-2026-42264: Axios: Prototype pollution read-side gadgets in HTTP adapter allow credential injection and request hijacking

- Also known as: GHSA-Q8QP-CVCW-X6JJ
- 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: 1.15.2
- Published: 2026-05-08 · Updated: 2026-09-11

## Affected

- axios: from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.15.2
- axios (npm): from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.15.2

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on axios, upgrade to a fixed version (1.15.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-q8qp-cvcw-x6jj
- https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/10779
- https://github.com/axios/axios/commit/47915144662f2733e6c051bdcb895a8c8f0586aa
- https://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v1.15.2

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