Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From version 1.0.0 to before version 1.15.2, fFive config properties (auth, baseURL, socketPath, beforeRedirect, and insecureHTTPParser) in the HTTP adapter are read via direct property access without hasOwnProperty guards, making them exploitable as prototype pollution gadgets. When Object.prototype is polluted by another dependency in the same process, axios silently picks up these polluted values on every outbound HTTP request. This issue has been patched in version 1.15.2.
Weakness
The product receives input from an upstream component that specifies attributes that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control modifications of attributes of the object prototype.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axios | Axios | 1.0.0 (including) | 1.15.2 (excluding) |
| Node-axios | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/180.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/77.html
References
- https://github.com/axios/axios/commit/47915144662f2733e6c051bdcb895a8c8f0586aa
- https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/10779
- https://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v1.15.2
- https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-q8qp-cvcw-x6jj
- https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-q8qp-cvcw-x6jj