GHSA-38gx-cfqf-f652

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-38gx-cfqf-f652

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/08/GHSA-38gx-cfqf-f652/GHSA-38gx-cfqf-f652.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-38gx-cfqf-f652

Downstream

CGA (96)

Withdrawn

2026-08-07T17:51:06Z

Published

2026-08-01T15:30:27Z

Modified

2026-09-10T03:51:12Z

Severity

6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/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 CVSS Calculator

Summary

Duplicate Advisory: Axios: Prototype pollution auth subfields can inject Basic auth

Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-xj6q-8x83-jv6g. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

axios versions >=1.15.2 and <1.18.0 contain prototype-pollution read-side gadgets in Basic auth subfield handling (lib/adapters/http.js and lib/helpers/resolveConfig.js). When an application is already affected by a separate prototype-pollution primitive and makes an axios request with an own auth object that omits the username and/or password properties, axios reads the inherited Object.prototype.username and Object.prototype.password values and uses them to construct an outbound 'Authorization: Basic ...' header. axios itself does not pollute prototypes. The practical impact is outbound request tampering: an attacker who controls the polluted prototype values can inject attacker-chosen Basic auth credentials or replace an existing Authorization header. Credential disclosure is only possible under additional application-specific conditions.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-1321"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-08-07T17:51:06Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-08-01T13:17:01Z",
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / axios

Package

Name: axios; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/axios

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

1.15.2

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range

"< 1.18.0"

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/08/GHSA-38gx-cfqf-f652/GHSA-38gx-cfqf-f652.json"