CVE-2026-40175

MEDIUM 4.8

Axios has Unrestricted Cloud Metadata Exfiltration via Header Injection Chain

CVSS Score

4.8

EPSS Score

0.5%

EPSS Percentile

67th

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.0 and 0.3.1, the Axios library is vulnerable to a specific "Gadget" attack chain that allows Prototype Pollution in any third-party dependency to be escalated into Remote Code Execution (RCE) or Full Cloud Compromise (via AWS IMDSv2 bypass). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.0 and 0.3.1.

CWE	CWE-113 CWE-444 CWE-918
Vendor	axios
Product	axios
Published	Apr 10, 2026
Last Updated	Apr 16, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Affected Versions

axios / axios

>= 1.0.0, < 1.15.0 < 0.31.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗