UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44490

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44490
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44490.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44490
Upstream
Published
2026-06-11T17:16:00Z
Modified
2026-06-17T11:01:30.365371987Z
Severity
  • 4.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 8.2 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 0.32.0 and 1.16.0, axios exposes two read-side prototype-pollution gadgets. When Object.prototype is polluted by an upstream dependency in the same process (e.g. lodash _.merge / CVE-2018-16487), axios silently picks up the polluted values. (1) lib/utils.js line 406 builds merge()'s accumulator as result = {}, so result[targetKey] (line 414) walks Object.prototype and the polluted bucket's own keys are copied into the merged headers and ride out on the wire. (2) lib/core/mergeConfig.js line 26 builds the hasOwnProperty descriptor as a plain-object literal. Object.defineProperty reads descriptor.get/descriptor.set via the prototype chain, so a polluted Object.prototype.get or Object.prototype.set makes the call throw TypeError synchronously on every axios request. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.32.0 and 1.16.0.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / node-axios

Package

Name
node-axios
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-axios?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.19.0+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-axios",
            "binary_version": "0.19.0+dfsg-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44490.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / node-axios

Package

Name
node-axios
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-axios?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.21.1+dfsg-1
0.23.0+dfsg-2
0.24.0+dfsg-1
0.25.0+dfsg-2
0.26.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-axios",
            "binary_version": "0.26.0+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44490.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / node-axios

Package

Name
node-axios
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-axios?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.2.1+dfsg-1
1.5.1+dfsg-1
1.6.2+dfsg-1
1.6.8+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-axios",
            "binary_version": "1.6.8+dfsg-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44490.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / node-axios

Package

Name
node-axios
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-axios?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.9+dfsg-1
1.8.4+dfsg-1
1.11.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-axios",
            "binary_version": "1.11.0+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44490.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / node-axios

Package

Name
node-axios
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-axios?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.11.0+dfsg-1
1.12.1+dfsg-1
1.13.2+dfsg-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-axios",
            "binary_version": "1.13.2+dfsg-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44490.json"