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SCA: security update for axios (GHSA-fvcv-3m26-pcqx)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 440344

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. Versions prior to 1.15.0 and 0.3.1 are
 vulnerable to a specific gadget-style attack chain in which prototype pollution in a third-party
 dependency may be leveraged to inject unsanitized header values into outbound requests. This vulnerability
 is fixed in 1.15.0 and 0.3.1. (CVE-2026-40175)

Solution

Update the axios library and its related packages to version 0.31.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fvcv-3m26-pcqx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 440344

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/14/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.75

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40175

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40175