CVE-2026-42044
Axios: Invisible JSON Response Tampering via Prototype Pollution Gadget in `parseReviver`
02 Description
Axios: Invisible JSON Response Tampering via Prototype Pollution Gadget in `parseReviver`
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 48.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-10.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-04-24 17:49Z6 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-10 12:04Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-04-23
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- dd61b9f3e64db50ccf4646260273dfa73ed653e93ae5ca5aab3943f43b8e594f
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-3w6x-2g7m-8v23
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42044
- bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2461624https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461624
- security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42044.json
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42078
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25089
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24473
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36882
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24539
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25273
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20938
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20889
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36107
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21338
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33574
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20338
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25041
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50300
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21772
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20454
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16534
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16532
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16535
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16542
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22840
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22629
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21017
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24853
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19375
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41066
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22465
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23361
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26214
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26232
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26225
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24471
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34608
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25271
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24536
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17657
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17699
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19109
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- node-axios No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- node-axios No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- node-axios Fixed in 1.15.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- node-axios No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS
- node-axios Fixed in 1.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.