Bug 2461606 (CVE-2026-42035)

Summary: CVE-2026-42035 axios: Axios: Arbitrary HTTP header injection via prototype pollution
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A flaw was found in Axios, a software library for making network requests. A remote attacker can exploit a prototype pollution vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers into outgoing requests. This occurs when the application's core object definitions are manipulated, causing Axios to misinterpret data and include attacker-controlled headers in network communications. This could lead to unauthorized actions or data manipulation.
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Bug Depends On: 2463437, 2463439, 2463441, 2463444, 2463446, 2463447, 2463448, 2463436, 2463438, 2463440, 2463442, 2463443, 2463445    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-24 18:01:49 UTC 
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, a prototype pollution gadget exists in the Axios HTTP adapter (lib/adapters/http.js) that allows an attacker to inject arbitrary HTTP headers into outgoing requests. The vulnerability exploits duck-type checking of the data payload, where if Object.prototype is polluted with getHeaders, append, pipe, on, once, and Symbol.toStringTag, Axios misidentifies any plain object payload as a FormData instance and calls the attacker-controlled getHeaders() function, merging the returned headers into the outgoing request. The vulnerable code resides exclusively in lib/adapters/http.js. The prototype pollution source does not need to originate from Axios itself — any prototype pollution primitive in any dependency in the application's dependency tree is sufficient to trigger this gadget. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and 0.31.1.
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-01 11:02:33 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9

Via RHSA-2026:34160 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34160