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SCA: security update for axios (GHSA-xhjh-pmcv-23jw)

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 441073

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 encode()
 function in lib/helpers/AxiosURLSearchParams.js contains a character mapping (charMap) at line 21 that
 reverses the safe percent-encoding of null bytes. After encodeURIComponent('\x00') correctly produces the
 safe sequence %00, the charMap entry '%00': '\x00' converts it back to a raw null byte. Primary impact is
 limited because the standard axios request flow is not affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and
 0.31.1. (CVE-2026-42040)

Solution

Update the axios library and its related packages to version 0.31.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xhjh-pmcv-23jw

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 441073

Version: Revision 1.3

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42040

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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-2026-42040