Detections
Analytics
SCA: security update for axios (GHSA-w9j2-pvgh-6h63)
medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 441070
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 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, the Axios
library is vulnerable to a Prototype Pollution "Gadget" attack that allows any Object.prototype pollution
to silently suppress all HTTP error responses (401, 403, 500, etc.), causing them to be treated as
successful responses. This completely bypasses application-level authentication and error handling. The
root cause is that validateStatus is the only config property using the mergeDirectKeys merge strategy,
which uses JavaScript's in operator — an operator that inherently traverses the prototype chain. When
Object.prototype.validateStatus is polluted with () => true, all HTTP status codes are accepted as
success. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and 0.31.1. (CVE-2026-42041)
Solution
Update the axios library and its related packages to version 0.31.1 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 441070
Version: Revision 1.2
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 5/5/2026
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.1
Percentile: 7.82
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42041
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: 5/5/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-42041