CVE-2026-101904
Axios: Header Injection via Inherited headers After Minimal Interceptor
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- GitHub_M
Description
Axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 1.0.0 until 1.20.0, the dispatchRequest function normalizes inherited Object.prototype.headers from a replacement request configuration. A separate same-process prototype-pollution flaw sets Object.prototype.headers, and trusted request interceptors return a new ordinary configuration without an own headers property. After the interceptor chain, dispatchRequest resolves the inherited headers during normalization. Downstream request processing can observe attacker-controlled headers, including authorization-related values. This issue is fixed in version 1.20.0.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 4.0 | Medium6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 58% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
- CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-74 and its CVEs
- CWE-1321: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-1321 and its CVEs
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (4)
- https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-j8rh-479h-cp32 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
- https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/11141 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/axios/axios/commit/d19040bda7a8be2f82c3c6e1a5bc03917daee39a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/axios/axios/releases/tag/v1.20.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j8rh-479h-cp32 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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