Prototype pollution in axios - #VU127593
Published: April 24, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU127593
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-1321
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: axios
Affected software:
axios
axios
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to tamper with JSON API responses.
The vulnerability exists due to prototype pollution in parseReviver in lib/defaults/index.js when parsing JSON responses. A remote attacker can pollute Object.prototype.parseReviver via another vulnerable library in the dependency tree to tamper with JSON API responses.
Exploitation requires a separate prototype pollution source in the application's dependency tree.
Remediation
Install security update from vendor's website.