# CVE-2026-44489: Axios: Proxy-Authorization Header Injection via Prototype Pollution — Incomplete Null-Prototype Fix

- Also known as: GHSA-654M-C8P4-X5FP
- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.16.0
- Published: 2026-06-11 · Updated: 2026-06-11

## Affected

- axios: 1.15.2
- axios (npm): from 1.15.2, fixed in 1.16.0

## Description

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 1.15.2 to before 1.16.0, nested objects created by utils.merge() (e.g., config.proxy) are still constructed as plain {} with Object.prototype in their chain. The setProxy() function at lib/adapters/http.js:209-223 reads proxy.username, proxy.password, and proxy.auth without hasOwnProperty checks. When Object.prototype.username is polluted, setProxy() constructs a Proxy-Authorization header with attacker-controlled credentials and injects it into every proxied HTTP request. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on axios, upgrade to a fixed version (1.16.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-654m-c8p4-x5fp

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