CVE-2026-42041

node-axios: Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js

CVE-2026-42041 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42041, released May 15, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0066
51st percentile

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, the Axios library is vulnerable to a Prototype Pollution "Gadget" attack that allows any Object.prototype pollution to silently suppress all HTTP error responses (401, 403, 500, etc.), causing them to be treated as successful responses. This completely bypasses application-level authentication and error handling. The root cause is that validateStatus is the only config property using the mergeDirectKeys merge strategy, which uses JavaScript's in operator — an operator that inherently traverses the prototype chain. When Object.prototype.validateStatus is polluted with () => true, all HTTP status codes are accepted as success. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and 0.31.1.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
agama-web-ui · opensuse-leap 16.0 17+612.d8bf69336-160000.11.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20919-1 Jun 8, 2026
node-axios · Debian 14 1.15.2-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42041 May 15, 2026

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