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SCA: security update for axios (GHSA-43fc-jf86-j433)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437639

Description

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 versions 0.30.3 and 1.13.5, the
 mergeConfig function in axios crashes with a TypeError when processing configuration objects containing
 __proto__ as an own property. An attacker can trigger this by providing a malicious configuration object
 created via JSON.parse(), causing complete denial of service. This vulnerability is fixed in versions
 0.30.3 and 1.13.5. (CVE-2026-25639)

Solution

Update the axios library and its related packages to version 0.30.3 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-43fc-jf86-j433

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437639

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/9/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 96.44

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25639

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25639