CVE-2026-40175
Axios has Unrestricted Cloud Metadata Exfiltration via Header Injection Chain
MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 2.0%
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Versions prior to 1.15.0 and 0.3.1 are vulnerable to a specific gadget-style attack chain in which prototype pollution in a third-party dependency may be leveraged to inject unsanitized header values into outbound requests. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.0 and 0.3.1.
- Affected
- axios
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 4.8 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS v3.1 CNA
- 8.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 2.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 81st percentile
- Published
- 2026-04-10
- Updated
- 2026-09-09
Proof-of-concept exploits (3)
- advisories/GHSA-fvcv-3m26-pcqx
- 0xBlackash/CVE-2026-401750★ · 2026-04-12
- pjt3591oo/CVE-2026-40175-poc0★ · 2026-04-17