{"@context":"https://openvex.dev/ns/v0.2.0","@id":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-44494/vex.json","author":"HarborGuard Database","role":"Document Creator","timestamp":"2026-06-13T03:55:29.203Z","version":1,"tooling":"HarborGuard Database (https://database.harborguard.co)","statements":[{"vulnerability":{"name":"CVE-2026-44494","@id":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44494","description":"Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. From 1.0.0 to before 1.16.0, the Axios library is vulnerable to a Prototype Pollution \"Gadget\" attack that allows any Object.prototype pollution in the application's dependency tree to be escalated into a full Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack — intercepting, reading, and modifying all HTTP traffic including authentication credentials. The HTTP adapter at lib/adapters/http.js:670 reads config.proxy via standard property access, whic"},"products":[{"@id":"cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios:\\>\\=_1.0.0\\,_\\<_1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","identifiers":{"cpe23":"cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios:\\>\\=_1.0.0\\,_\\<_1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"status":"affected","action_statement":"No fixed version is published yet; monitor the upstream advisory.","timestamp":"2026-06-13T03:55:29.203Z"}]}