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SCA: security update for axios-cache-interceptor (GHSA-x4m5-4cw8-vc44)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436521

Description

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

 - Axios Cache Interceptor is a cache interceptor for axios. Prior to version 1.11.1, when a server calls an
 upstream service using different auth tokens, axios-cache-interceptor returns incorrect cached responses,
 leading to authorization bypass. The cache key is generated only from the URL, ignoring request headers
 like `Authorization`. When the server responds with `Vary: Authorization` (indicating the response varies
 by auth token), the library ignores this, causing all requests to share the same cache regardless of
 authorization. Server-side applications (APIs, proxies, backend services) that use axios-cache-interceptor
 to cache requests to upstream services, handle requests from multiple users with different auth tokens,
 and upstream services replies on `Vary` to differentiate caches are affected. Browser/client-side
 applications (single user per browser session) are not affected. Services using different auth tokens to
 call upstream services will return incorrect cached data, bypassing authorization checks and leaking user
 data across different authenticated sessions. After `v1.11.1`, automatic `Vary` header support is now
 enabled by default. When server responds with `Vary: Authorization`, cache keys now include the
 authorization header value. Each user gets their own cache. (CVE-2025-69202)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x4m5-4cw8-vc44

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436521

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 12/30/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-69202

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 5.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-69202