Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 0.32.0 and 1.16.0, axios exposes two read-side prototype-pollution gadgets. When Object.prototype is polluted by an upstream dependency in the same process (e.g. lodash _.merge / CVE-2018-16487), axios silently picks up the polluted values. (1) lib/utils.js line 406 builds merge()'s accumulator as result = {}, so result[targetKey] (line 414) walks Object.prototype and the polluted bucket's own keys are copied into the merged headers and ride out on the wire. (2) lib/core/mergeConfig.js line 26 builds the hasOwnProperty descriptor as a plain-object literal. Object.defineProperty reads descriptor.get/descriptor.set via the prototype chain, so a polluted Object.prototype.get or Object.prototype.set makes the call throw TypeError synchronously on every axios request. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.32.0 and 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

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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. Prior to 0.32.0 and 1.16.0, axios     exposes two read-side prototype-pollution gadgets. When Object.prototype is polluted by an upstream     dependency in the same process (e.g. lodash _.merge / CVE-2018-16487), axios silently picks up the     polluted values. (1) lib/utils.js line 406 builds merge()'s accumulator as result = {}, so     result[targetKey] (line 414) walks Object.prototype and the polluted bucket's own keys are copied into the     merged headers and ride out on the wire. (2) lib/core/mergeConfig.js line 26 builds the hasOwnProperty     descriptor as a plain-object literal. Object.defineProperty reads descriptor.get/descriptor.set via the     prototype chain, so a polluted Object.prototype.get or Object.prototype.set makes the call throw TypeError     synchronously on every axios request. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.32.0 and 1.16.0. (CVE-2026-44490)

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. Prior to 0.32.0 and 1.16.0, axios
    exposes two read-side prototype-pollution gadgets. When Object.prototype is polluted by an upstream
    dependency in the same process (e.g. lodash _.merge / CVE-2018-16487), axios silently picks up the
    polluted values. (1) lib/utils.js line 406 builds merge()'s accumulator as result = {}, so
    result[targetKey] (line 414) walks Object.prototype and the polluted bucket's own keys are copied into the
    merged headers and ride out on the wire. (2) lib/core/mergeConfig.js line 26 builds the hasOwnProperty
    descriptor as a plain-object literal. Object.defineProperty reads descriptor.get/descriptor.set via the
    prototype chain, so a polluted Object.prototype.get or Object.prototype.set makes the call throw TypeError
    synchronously on every axios request. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.32.0 and 1.16.0. (CVE-2026-44490)

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
320679	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-44490	Nessus	Misc.	high
442472	SCA: security update for axios (GHSA-898c-q2cr-xwhg)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
442472	SCA: security update for axios (GHSA-898c-q2cr-xwhg)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high

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