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SCA: security update for axios (GHSA-35jp-ww65-95wh)
high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 442508
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. From 1.0.0 to before 1.16.0, the Axios
library is vulnerable to a Prototype Pollution "Gadget" attack that allows any Object.prototype pollution
in the application's dependency tree to be escalated into a full Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack —
intercepting, reading, and modifying all HTTP traffic including authentication credentials. The HTTP
adapter at lib/adapters/http.js:670 reads config.proxy via standard property access, which traverses the
prototype chain. Because proxy is not present in Axios defaults, the merged config object has no own proxy
property, making it trivially injectable via prototype pollution. Once injected, setProxy() routes all
HTTP requests through the attacker's proxy server. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.0. (CVE-2026-44494)
Solution
Update the axios library and its related packages to version 1.16.0 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 442508
Version: Revision 1.5
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 5/30/2026
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.5
Percentile: 98.46
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44494
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.7
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/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: 5/29/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-44494