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CVE-2026-101908medium

Axios: Prototype pollution gadget in fetch adapter can alter outbound requests

Axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 1.7.0 until 1.20.0, the fetch adapter constructs a Request with sanitized resolvedOptions but then calls fetch with the original fetchOptions. A separate same-process prototype-pollution flaw populates Object.prototype.headers so fetchOptions.headers resolves through inheritance. The inherited fetchOptions.headers value overrides the sanitized Request headers through the second argument to fetch after Request construction. Attacker-controlled request headers can alter authorization, caching, metadata-service access, or application-specific behavior. This issue is fixed in version 1.20.0.

Risk score

6.9

CVSS 4.0

Vendor
axios
Product
axios
CWE
CWE-1321
Published
Sep 28, 2026
Updated
Sep 28, 2026
CISA KEV
Not flagged

Affected products and versions

axios

axios

Version / rangeStatusType
>= 1.7.0, < 1.20.0affected—

Technical metrics

6.9

CVSS 4.0

Severity
medium
Source
GitHub_M
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N