Prototype pollution in axios - CVE-2026-44495

 

Prototype pollution in axios - CVE-2026-44495

Published: May 29, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU132949
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-44495
CWE-ID: CWE-1321
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute injected code in the Axios request-processing context, disclose sensitive information, tamper with response data, or cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes in Axios request config processing and response transformation when handling requests after Object.prototype has been polluted with a crafted transformResponse value. A remote attacker can pollute Object.prototype.transformResponse through a separate prototype-pollution primitive to execute injected code in the Axios request-processing context, disclose sensitive information, tamper with response data, or cause a denial of service.

Exploitation requires a separate vulnerability or equivalent capability to control Object.prototype in the same JavaScript process or browser context before Axios merges or validates the request config. Browser and Node usage can both be affected.


Affected software

axios
Jira Service Management Data Center
IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services
Confluence Data Center
Bitbucket Data Center
Jira Software Data Center
Bamboo Data Center
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

How to mitigate CVE-2026-44495

Install security update from vendor's website.

axios - addressed in versions 0.31.1, 1.15.2
Jira Service Management Data Center - addressed in versions 10.3.22, 11.3.7
IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services - update to 9.0.0.0.0 IF14
Confluence Data Center - addressed in versions 9.2.22, 10.2.14
Bitbucket Data Center - addressed in versions 9.4.21, 10.2.4, 10.3.1
Jira Software Data Center - addressed in versions 10.3.22, 11.3.7
Bamboo Data Center - addressed in versions 10.2.20, 12.1.8
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - addressed in versions 4.14.69, 4.16.65, 4.20.30, 4.21.25, 4.22.6

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