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CVE-2026-42040

Axios: Null Byte Injection via Reverse-Encoding in AxiosURLSearchParams PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, the encode() function in lib/helpers/AxiosURLSearchParams.js contains a character mapping (charMap) at line 21 that reverses the safe percent-encoding of null bytes. After encodeURIComponent('\x00') correctly produces the safe sequence %00, the charMap entry '%00': '\x00' converts it back to a raw null byte. Primary impact is limited because the standard axios request flow is not affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.1 and 0.31.1.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
axios / axiosaffected >= 1.0.0, < 1.15.1; affected < 0.31.1

CWE

CWE-116, CWE-626

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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