DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42040

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-42040
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42040.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42040
Upstream
Published
2026-04-24T18:16:30.960Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:32:57.444290Z
Severity
  • 3.7 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / node-axios

Package

Name
node-axios
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-axios?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.21.1+dfsg-1
0.21.1+dfsg-1+deb11u1
0.21.3+dfsg-1
0.21.4+dfsg-1
0.22.0+dfsg-1
0.23.0+dfsg-1
0.23.0+dfsg-2
0.24.0+dfsg-1
0.25.0+dfsg-1
0.25.0+dfsg-2
0.26.0+dfsg-1
0.26.1+dfsg-1
0.26.1+dfsg-2
0.27.2+dfsg-1
0.27.2+dfsg-2
1.*
1.1.2+dfsg-1
1.1.2+dfsg-2
1.1.2+dfsg-3
1.1.3+dfsg-1
1.1.3+dfsg-2
1.2.0+dfsg-1
1.2.1+dfsg-1
1.5.1+dfsg-1
1.6.2+dfsg-1
1.6.8+dfsg-1
1.6.8+dfsg-2
1.7.3+dfsg-1
1.7.4+dfsg-1
1.7.7+dfsg-1
1.7.9+dfsg-1
1.8.4+dfsg-1
1.11.0+dfsg-1
1.12.1+dfsg-1
1.13.1+dfsg-1
1.13.2+dfsg-1
1.14.0+dfsg-1
1.15.0-1
1.15.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42040.json"

Debian:12 / node-axios

Package

Name
node-axios
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-axios?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.2.1+dfsg-1
1.2.1+dfsg-1+deb12u1
1.5.1+dfsg-1
1.6.2+dfsg-1
1.6.8+dfsg-1
1.6.8+dfsg-2
1.7.3+dfsg-1
1.7.4+dfsg-1
1.7.7+dfsg-1
1.7.9+dfsg-1
1.8.4+dfsg-1
1.11.0+dfsg-1
1.12.1+dfsg-1
1.13.1+dfsg-1
1.13.2+dfsg-1
1.14.0+dfsg-1
1.15.0-1
1.15.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42040.json"

Debian:13 / node-axios

Package

Name
node-axios
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-axios?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.8.4+dfsg-1
1.11.0+dfsg-1
1.12.1+dfsg-1
1.13.1+dfsg-1
1.13.2+dfsg-1
1.14.0+dfsg-1
1.15.0-1
1.15.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42040.json"

Debian:14 / node-axios

Package

Name
node-axios
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-axios?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.15.2-1

Affected versions

1.*
1.8.4+dfsg-1
1.11.0+dfsg-1
1.12.1+dfsg-1
1.13.1+dfsg-1
1.13.2+dfsg-1
1.14.0+dfsg-1
1.15.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42040.json"