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SCA: security update for axios (GHSA-898c-q2cr-xwhg)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 442472

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 0.32.0 and 1.16.0, axios
 exposes two read-side prototype-pollution gadgets. When Object.prototype is polluted by an upstream
 dependency in the same process (e.g. lodash _.merge / CVE-2018-16487), axios silently picks up the
 polluted values. (1) lib/utils.js line 406 builds merge()'s accumulator as result = {}, so
 result[targetKey] (line 414) walks Object.prototype and the polluted bucket's own keys are copied into the
 merged headers and ride out on the wire. (2) lib/core/mergeConfig.js line 26 builds the hasOwnProperty
 descriptor as a plain-object literal. Object.defineProperty reads descriptor.get/descriptor.set via the
 prototype chain, so a polluted Object.prototype.get or Object.prototype.set makes the call throw TypeError
 synchronously on every axios request. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.32.0 and 1.16.0. (CVE-2026-44490)

Solution

Update the axios library and its related packages to version 0.32.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-898c-q2cr-xwhg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 442472

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/29/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

Percentile: 96.42

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44490

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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: 5/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44490