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.

The version of IBM Cognos Analytics installed on the remote host is 12.0.4 prior to 12.0.4 FP3, or 12.1.x prior to 12.1.3 FP2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the IBM Security Bulletin No.
7287209:

  - NLTK versions 3.9.2 and prior are vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to improper input     validation in the StanfordSegmenter module. The module dynamically loads external Java .jar files     without verification or sandboxing. An attacker can supply or replace the JAR file, enabling the     execution of arbitrary Java bytecode at import time. (CVE-2026-0848)

  - The lodash fix for CVE-2021-23337 added validation for the variable option in _.template but did not     apply the same validation to options.imports key names. Both paths flow into the same Function()     constructor sink. When an application passes untrusted input as options.imports key names, an attacker     can inject default-parameter expressions that execute arbitrary code at template compilation time.
    (CVE-2026-4800)

  - cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers.
    From 45.0.0 to before 46.0.7, if a non-contiguous buffer was passed to APIs which accepted Python     buffers (e.g. Hash.update()), this could lead to buffer overflows. (CVE-2026-39892)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20919-1 advisory.

    This update for agama-web-ui fixes the following issues

    - CVE-2025-7339: on-headers: incorrect array handling may lead to HTTP response header manipulation     (bsc#1246678).
    - CVE-2026-9277: shell-quote: improper escaping of newlines in object .op values by quote() can lead to     shell command       injection (bsc#1266256).
    - CVE-2026-42041: axios: authentication bypass via validateStatus prototype pollution gadget due to     suppression of HTTP       error (bsc#1264160).
    - CVE-2026-42264: axios: prototype pollution read-side gadgets in HTTP adapter can lead to credential     injection and       request h (bsc#1264802).

    Changes for agama-web-ui:

    - Update other dependencies reported by npm audit.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2026-42041)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2026-42041)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
347960	IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 < 12.0.4 FP3 / 12.1.x < 12.1.3 FP2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (7287209)	Nessus	CGI abuses	Remote	high
320412	openSUSE 16 Security Update : agama-web-ui (openSUSE-SU-2026:20919-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	critical
441070	SCA: security update for axios (GHSA-w9j2-pvgh-6h63)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
441070	SCA: security update for axios (GHSA-w9j2-pvgh-6h63)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
310528	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-42041	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2026-42041

medium

Tenable Plugins

high

critical

medium

medium

medium