UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44494

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44494
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44494.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44494
Upstream
Published
2026-06-11T17:16:00Z
Modified
2026-06-30T18:17:51.591091631Z
Severity
  • 8.7 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 8.7 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / node-axios

Package

Name
node-axios
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-axios?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.19.0+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-axios",
            "binary_version": "0.19.0+dfsg-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44494.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / node-axios

Package

Name
node-axios
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-axios?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.21.1+dfsg-1
0.23.0+dfsg-2
0.24.0+dfsg-1
0.25.0+dfsg-2
0.26.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-axios",
            "binary_version": "0.26.0+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44494.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / node-axios

Package

Name
node-axios
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-axios?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.2.1+dfsg-1
1.5.1+dfsg-1
1.6.2+dfsg-1
1.6.8+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-axios",
            "binary_version": "1.6.8+dfsg-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44494.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / node-axios

Package

Name
node-axios
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-axios?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.9+dfsg-1
1.8.4+dfsg-1
1.11.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-axios",
            "binary_version": "1.11.0+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44494.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / node-axios

Package

Name
node-axios
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-axios?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.11.0+dfsg-1
1.12.1+dfsg-1
1.13.2+dfsg-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-axios",
            "binary_version": "1.13.2+dfsg-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44494.json"