🛡️ CVE-2026-40175 on Debian — node-axios

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-40175 as tracked by Debian, for the package node-axios. The fix is available in version 1.15.0-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40175 is classified as CWE-113: HTTP Response Splitting. Unescaped input reaches an HTTP header, letting an attacker inject line breaks and forge additional headers or responses.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40175 is recorded against 1 package.

  • node-axios (fixed in 1.15.0-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 10 April 2026 and last revised on 11 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2026-40175 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-04-10
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-11
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
node-axios — 1.15.0-1

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