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Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-42041

CVE-2026-42041

Medium
Open
TLP:CLEAR

Axios: Authentication Bypass via Prototype Pollution Gadget in `validateStatus` Merge Strategy

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Critical Infrastructure

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Description

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.

Details

CVSS Score
4.8
EPSS Score
0.61%

46.1th percentile

CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Confidence
90%
Published
Apr 24, 2026
Last Modified
Aug 12, 2026
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