Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 1.15.2 to before 1.16.0, nested objects created by utils.merge() (e.g., config.proxy) are still constructed as plain {} with Object.prototype in their chain. The setProxy() function at lib/adapters/http.js:209-223 reads proxy.username, proxy.password, and proxy.auth without hasOwnProperty checks. When Object.prototype.username is polluted, setProxy() constructs a Proxy-Authorization header with attacker-controlled credentials and injects it into every proxied HTTP request. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.0.

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-ee50c21f92 advisory.

    33.0.6 Release

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

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

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-5afe6630dc advisory.

    33.0.6 Release

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

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

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. From 1.15.2 to before 1.16.0, nested     objects created by utils.merge() (e.g., config.proxy) are still constructed as plain {} with     Object.prototype in their chain. The setProxy() function at lib/adapters/http.js:209-223 reads     proxy.username, proxy.password, and proxy.auth without hasOwnProperty checks. When     Object.prototype.username is polluted, setProxy() constructs a Proxy-Authorization header with attacker-     controlled credentials and injects it into every proxied HTTP request. This vulnerability is fixed in     1.16.0. (CVE-2026-44489)

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

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. From 1.15.2 to before 1.16.0, nested
    objects created by utils.merge() (e.g., config.proxy) are still constructed as plain {} with
    Object.prototype in their chain. The setProxy() function at lib/adapters/http.js:209-223 reads
    proxy.username, proxy.password, and proxy.auth without hasOwnProperty checks. When
    Object.prototype.username is polluted, setProxy() constructs a Proxy-Authorization header with attacker-
    controlled credentials and injects it into every proxied HTTP request. This vulnerability is fixed in
    1.16.0. (CVE-2026-44489)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
325136	Fedora 44 : nextcloud (2026-ee50c21f92)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
325111	Fedora 43 : nextcloud (2026-5afe6630dc)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
320676	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-44489	Nessus	Misc.	medium
442473	SCA: security update for axios (GHSA-654m-c8p4-x5fp)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
442473	SCA: security update for axios (GHSA-654m-c8p4-x5fp)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium

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