Ubuntu USN · USN-8638-1

Axios vulnerabilities

Published: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:31

CVE-2025-62718CVE-2026-40175CVE-2026-42044CVE-2026-42264CVE-2026-42043

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Axios.

Details

Ameer Assadi discovered that Axios did not properly handle certain hostnames when applying NO_PROXY rules. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass proxy restrictions and access internal services, resulting in server-side request forgery. (CVE-2025-62718) It was discovered that Axios did not properly protect certain HTTP header values from prototype pollution. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject malicious values into outbound requests, resulting in HTTP header injection. (CVE-2026-40175) Sachin Patil and Amol Patil discovered that Axios did not properly apply NO_PROXY rules to certain loopback addresses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass proxy restrictions and access internal services, resulting in server-side request forgery. (CVE-2026-42043) Yu Bao discovered that Axios did not properly protect JSON response processing from prototype pollution. An attacker could possibly use this issue to modify values in application responses, resulting in authorization bypass or privilege escalation. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-42044) It was discovered that Axios did not properly protect certain request configuration options from prototype pollution. An attacker could possibly use this issue to modify outbound HTTP requests, resulting in security restrictions being bypassed. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-42264)

Recommended actions per Ubuntu release

StackPatch playbook auto-generated per release codename and per affected package.

Ubuntu focal

node-axios→0.19.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1apt_upgrade_esm
Fixed at 0.19.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 — ESM-only. Enable Ubuntu Pro (free for 5 personal machines) or treat as watch item.
```
sudo pro attach <token>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y node-axios=0.19.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
```
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node-axios→0.19.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1apt_upgrade_esm
Fixed at 0.19.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 — ESM-only. Enable Ubuntu Pro (free for 5 personal machines) or treat as watch item.
```
sudo pro attach <token>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y node-axios=0.19.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
```
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Ubuntu jammy

node-axios→0.26.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1apt_upgrade_esm
Fixed at 0.26.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 — ESM-only. Enable Ubuntu Pro (free for 5 personal machines) or treat as watch item.
```
sudo pro attach <token>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y node-axios=0.26.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
```
Sign up at https://ubuntu.com/pro. Free for personal + small-team use.
node-axios→0.26.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1apt_upgrade_esm
Fixed at 0.26.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 — ESM-only. Enable Ubuntu Pro (free for 5 personal machines) or treat as watch item.
```
sudo pro attach <token>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y node-axios=0.26.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
```
Sign up at https://ubuntu.com/pro. Free for personal + small-team use.

Ubuntu noble

node-axios→1.6.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1apt_upgrade_esm
Fixed at 1.6.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 — ESM-only. Enable Ubuntu Pro (free for 5 personal machines) or treat as watch item.
```
sudo pro attach <token>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y node-axios=1.6.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
```
Sign up at https://ubuntu.com/pro. Free for personal + small-team use.
node-axios→1.6.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1apt_upgrade_esm
Fixed at 1.6.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 — ESM-only. Enable Ubuntu Pro (free for 5 personal machines) or treat as watch item.
```
sudo pro attach <token>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y node-axios=1.6.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
```
Sign up at https://ubuntu.com/pro. Free for personal + small-team use.

Ubuntu resolute

node-axios→1.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1apt_upgrade_esm
Fixed at 1.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 — ESM-only. Enable Ubuntu Pro (free for 5 personal machines) or treat as watch item.
```
sudo pro attach <token>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y node-axios=1.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
```
Sign up at https://ubuntu.com/pro. Free for personal + small-team use.
node-axios→1.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1apt_upgrade_esm
Fixed at 1.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 — ESM-only. Enable Ubuntu Pro (free for 5 personal machines) or treat as watch item.
```
sudo pro attach <token>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y node-axios=1.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
```
Sign up at https://ubuntu.com/pro. Free for personal + small-team use.

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