CVE-2026-40175
Axios has Unrestricted Cloud Metadata Exfiltration via Header Injection Chain
4.8
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.06%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2026-40175
To remediate CVE-2026-40175, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 1.15.0 or later
Is CVE-2026-40175 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0
- >= 1.0.0, < 1.15.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |