CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-67314
axios versions >=1.15.2 and <1.18.0 contain prototype-pollution read-side gadgets in Basic auth subfield handling (lib/adapters/http.js and lib/helpers/resolveConfig.js). When an application is already affected by a separate prototype-pollution primitive and makes an axios request with an own auth object that omits the username and/or password properties, axios reads the inherited Object.prototype.username and Object.prototype.password values and uses them to construct an outbound 'Authorization
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:npm/axios","product":"axios","vendor":"axios","versions":[{"lessThan":"1.18.0","status":"affected","version":"1.15.2","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"1.18.0","versionType":"semver"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2f273c3e93efb6aedcdc9148494e0d071eaebdfe8e9a5d036d73acba3d4bcbc6 · sha256:d2d707853661cbc3… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":6.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"LOW","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"LOW"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2f273c3e93efb6aedcdc9148494e0d071eaebdfe8e9a5d036d73acba3d4bcbc6 · sha256:d2d707853661cbc3… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-1321","description":"Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2f273c3e93efb6aedcdc9148494e0d071eaebdfe8e9a5d036d73acba3d4bcbc6 · sha256:d2d707853661cbc3… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
3 source assertions{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-xj6q-8x83-jv6g"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2f273c3e93efb6aedcdc9148494e0d071eaebdfe8e9a5d036d73acba3d4bcbc6 · sha256:d2d707853661cbc3… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"name":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-xj6q-8x83-jv6g)","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-xj6q-8x83-jv6g"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2f273c3e93efb6aedcdc9148494e0d071eaebdfe8e9a5d036d73acba3d4bcbc6 · sha256:d2d707853661cbc3… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VulnCheck Advisory: axios before 1.18.0 Prototype Pollution via auth subfields","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/axios-before-prototype-pollution-via-auth-subfields"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2f273c3e93efb6aedcdc9148494e0d071eaebdfe8e9a5d036d73acba3d4bcbc6 · sha256:d2d707853661cbc3… · /containers/cna/references/1
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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