Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 1.0.0 to before 1.15.2, he Axios library is vulnerable to a Prototype Pollution "Gadget" attack that allows any Object.prototype pollution in the application's dependency tree to be escalated into surgical, invisible modification of all JSON API responses — including privilege escalation, balance manipulation, and authorization bypass. The default transformResponse function at lib/defaults/index.js:124 calls JSON.parse(data, this.parseReviver), where this is the merged config object. Because parseReviver is not present in Axios defaults, not validated by assertOptions, and not subject to any constraints, a polluted Object.prototype.parseReviver function is called for every key-value pair in every JSON response, allowing the attacker to selectively modify individual values while leaving the rest of the response intact. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.2.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3w6x-2g7m-8v23 Axios: Invisible JSON Response Tampering via Prototype Pollution Gadget in `parseReviver`
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Wed, 13 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat service Mesh
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:service_mesh:3.0::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:service_mesh:3.1::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:service_mesh:3.2::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:service_mesh:3.3::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat service Mesh
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Important


Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Axios
Axios axios
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Axios
Axios axios

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Description Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 1.0.0 to before 1.15.2, he Axios library is vulnerable to a Prototype Pollution "Gadget" attack that allows any Object.prototype pollution in the application's dependency tree to be escalated into surgical, invisible modification of all JSON API responses — including privilege escalation, balance manipulation, and authorization bypass. The default transformResponse function at lib/defaults/index.js:124 calls JSON.parse(data, this.parseReviver), where this is the merged config object. Because parseReviver is not present in Axios defaults, not validated by assertOptions, and not subject to any constraints, a polluted Object.prototype.parseReviver function is called for every key-value pair in every JSON response, allowing the attacker to selectively modify individual values while leaving the rest of the response intact. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.2.
Title Axios: Invisible JSON Response Tampering via Prototype Pollution Gadget in `parseReviver`
Weaknesses CWE-1321
CWE-915
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-24T18:12:13.920Z

Reserved: 2026-04-23T16:05:01.709Z

Link: CVE-2026-42044

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-24T18:12:09.534Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-24T18:16:31.613

Modified: 2026-04-27T20:04:11.347

Link: CVE-2026-42044

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-04-24T17:49:49Z

Links: CVE-2026-42044 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-28T06:00:09Z

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