Vulnerability in node-axios (UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40175)

Summary

Vulnerability in node-axios (UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40175). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.15.0 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Versions prior to 1.15.0 and 0.3.1 are vulnerable to a specific gadget-style attack chain in which prototype pollution in a third-party dependency may be leveraged to inject unsanitized header values into outbound requests. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.0 and 0.3.1.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Auto-generated summary

Assembled by SecPulse from the source data (CVSS, CWE, affected versions) using templates — no AI involved. Check the original description and references below for exact details.

A vulnerability tracked as UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40175 has been found in node-axios.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade node-axios to 1.15.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "node-axios UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40175" on the vendor's site.

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40175 (node-axios)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 1.15.0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in node-axios.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of node-axios.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 1.15.0.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'node-axios' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'node-axios' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で node-axios を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade node-axios to 1.15.0
```
ステージング環境で 1.15.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。