SB20260331101 - Backdoor in Axios
Published: March 31, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB20260331101
CSH Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Embedded malicious code (backdoor) (CVE-ID: N/A)
CWE-ID: CWE-506 - Embedded Malicious Code
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:A/U:Red
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the application.
The vulnerability exists due to presence of embedded malicious functionality in the application code (aka backdoor) that allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the application. Attacker compromised axios repository and introduced a new dependency plain-crypto-js.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.