🚨 [security] Update axios 1.13.2 → 1.13.5 (patch) by depfu[bot] · Pull Request #217 · Tobi2K/TopTips-App

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✳️ axios (1.13.2 → 1.13.5) · Repo · Changelog

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🚨 Axios is Vulnerable to Denial of Service via proto Key in mergeConfig

Denial of Service via proto Key in mergeConfig

Summary

The mergeConfig function in axios crashes with a TypeError when processing configuration objects containing __proto__ as an own property. An attacker can trigger this by providing a malicious configuration object created via JSON.parse(), causing complete denial of service.

Details

The vulnerability exists in lib/core/mergeConfig.js at lines 98-101:
utils.forEach(Object.keys({ ...config1, ...config2 }), function computeConfigValue(prop) {
  const merge = mergeMap[prop] || mergeDeepProperties;
  const configValue = merge(config1[prop], config2[prop], prop);
  (utils.isUndefined(configValue) && merge !== mergeDirectKeys) || (config[prop] = configValue);
});
When prop is '__proto__':

JSON.parse('{"__proto__": {...}}') creates an object with __proto__ as an own enumerable property

Object.keys() includes '__proto__' in the iteration

mergeMap['__proto__'] performs prototype chain lookup, returning Object.prototype (truthy object)

The expression mergeMap[prop] || mergeDeepProperties evaluates to Object.prototype

Object.prototype(...) throws TypeError: merge is not a function

The mergeConfig function is called by:

Axios._request() at lib/core/Axios.js:75

Axios.getUri() at lib/core/Axios.js:201

All HTTP method shortcuts (get, post, etc.) at lib/core/Axios.js:211,224

PoC
import axios from "axios";
const maliciousConfig = JSON.parse('{"proto": {"x": 1}}');

await axios.get("https://httpbin.org/get", maliciousConfig);
Reproduction steps:

Clone axios repository or npm install axios

Create file poc.mjs with the code above

Run: node poc.mjs

Observe the TypeError crash

Verified output (axios 1.13.4):
TypeError: merge is not a function
    at computeConfigValue (lib/core/mergeConfig.js:100:25)
    at Object.forEach (lib/utils.js:280:10)
    at mergeConfig (lib/core/mergeConfig.js:98:9)
Control tests performed:

Test Config Result

Normal config {"timeout": 5000} SUCCESS

Malicious config JSON.parse('{"__proto__": {"x": 1}}') CRASH

Nested object {"headers": {"X-Test": "value"}} SUCCESS

Attack scenario:
An application that accepts user input, parses it with JSON.parse(), and passes it to axios configuration will crash when receiving the payload {"__proto__": {"x": 1}}.

Impact

Denial of Service - Any application using axios that processes user-controlled JSON and passes it to axios configuration methods is vulnerable. The application will crash when processing the malicious payload.

Affected environments:

Node.js servers using axios for HTTP requests

Any backend that passes parsed JSON to axios configuration

This is NOT prototype pollution - the application crashes before any assignment occurs.

Release Notes

1.13.5

Release 1.13.5

Highlights

Security: Fixed a potential Denial of Service issue involving the __proto__ key in mergeConfig. (PR #7369)

Bug fix: Resolved an issue where AxiosError could be missing the status field on and after v1.13.3. (PR #7368)

Changes

Security

Fix Denial of Service via __proto__ key in mergeConfig. (PR #7369)

Fixes

Fix/5657. (PR #7313)

Ensure status is present in AxiosError on and after v1.13.3. (PR #7368)

Features / Improvements

Add input validation to isAbsoluteURL. (PR #7326)

Refactor: bump minor package versions. (PR #7356)

Documentation

Clarify object-check comment. (PR #7323)

Fix deprecated Buffer constructor usage and README formatting. (PR #7371)

CI / Maintenance

Chore: fix issues with YAML. (PR #7355)

CI: update workflow YAMLs. (PR #7372)

CI: fix run condition. (PR #7373)

Dev deps: bump karma-sourcemap-loader from 0.3.8 to 0.4.0. (PR #7360)

Chore(release): prepare release 1.13.5. (PR #7379)

New Contributors

@sachin11063 (first contribution — PR #7323)

@asmitha-16 (first contribution — PR #7326)

Full Changelog: v1.13.4...v1.13.5

1.13.4

Overview

The release addresses issues discovered in v1.13.3 and includes significant CI/CD improvements.

Full Changelog: v1.13.3...v1.13.4

What's New in v1.13.4

Bug Fixes

fix: issues with version 1.13.3 (#7352) (ee90dfc)

Fixed issues discovered in v1.13.3 release

Cleaned up interceptor test files

Improved workflow configurations

Infrastructure & CI/CD

refactor: ci and build (#7340) (8ff6c19)

Major refactoring of CI/CD workflows

Consolidated workflow files for better maintainability

Added mise configuration for the development environment

Improved sponsor block update automation

Enhanced issue and PR templates

Added automatic release notes generation

Implemented workflow cancellation for concurrent runs

chore: codegen and some updates to workflows (76cf77b)

Code generation improvements

Workflow optimisations

Migration Notes

Breaking Changes

None in this release.

Deprecations

None in this release.

Contributors

Thank you to all contributors who made this release possible! Special thanks to:

jasonsaayman - Release management and CI/CD improvements

1.13.3

Release notes:

Bug Fixes

http2: Use port 443 for HTTPS connections by default. (#7256) (d7e6065)

interceptor: handle the error in the same interceptor (#6269) (5945e40)

main field in package.json should correspond to cjs artifacts (#5756) (7373fbf)

package.json: add 'bun' package.json 'exports' condition. Load the Node.js build in Bun instead of the browser build (#5754) (b89217e)

silentJSONParsing=false should throw on invalid JSON (#7253) (#7257) (7d19335)

turn AxiosError into a native error (#5394) (#5558) (1c6a86d)

types: add handlers to AxiosInterceptorManager interface (#5551) (8d1271b)

types: restore AxiosError.cause type from unknown to Error (#7327) (d8233d9)

unclear error message is thrown when specifying an empty proxy authorization (#6314) (6ef867e)

Features

add undefined as a value in AxiosRequestConfig (#5560) (095033c)

add automatic minor and patch upgrades to dependabot (#6053) (65a7584)

add Node.js coverage script using c8 (closes #7289) (#7294) (ec9d94e)

added copilot instructions (3f83143)

compatibility with frozen prototypes (#6265) (860e033)

enhance pipeFileToResponse with error handling (#7169) (88d7884)

types: Intellisense for string literals in a widened union (#6134) (f73474d), closes /github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/33471#issuecomment-1376364329

Reverts

Revert "fix: silentJSONParsing=false should throw on invalid JSON (#7253) (#7…" (#7298) (a4230f5), closes #7253 #7 #7298

deps: bump peter-evans/create-pull-request from 7 to 8 in the github-actions group (#7334) (2d6ad5e)

Contributors to this release

Ashvin Tiwari

Nikunj Mochi

Anchal Singh

jasonsaayman

Julian Dax

Akash Dhar Dubey

Madhumita

Tackoil

Justin Dhillon

Rudransh

WuMingDao

codenomnom

Nandan Acharya

Eric Dubé

Tibor Pilz

Gabriel Quaresma

Turadg Aleahmad

JohnTitor

rohit miryala

Wilson Mun

techcodie

Ved Vadnere

svihpinc

SANDESH LENDVE

Lubos

Jarred Sumner

Adam Hines

Subhan Kumar Rai

Joseph Frazier

KT0803

Albie

Jake Hayes

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↗️ form-data (indirect, 4.0.4 → 4.0.5) · Repo · Changelog

Release Notes

4.0.5 (from changelog)

Commits

[Tests] Switch to newer v8 prediction library; enable node 24 testing 16e0076

[Dev Deps] update @ljharb/eslint-config, eslint 5822467

[Fix] set Symbol.toStringTag in the proper place 76d0dee

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Test	Config	Result
Normal config	`{"timeout": 5000}`	SUCCESS
Malicious config	`JSON.parse('{"__proto__": {"x": 1}}')`	CRASH
Nested object	`{"headers": {"X-Test": "value"}}`	SUCCESS

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✳️ axios (1.13.2 → 1.13.5) · Repo · Changelog

🚨 Axios is Vulnerable to Denial of Service via __proto__ Key in mergeConfig

Denial of Service via proto Key in mergeConfig

Summary

Details

PoC

Impact

1.13.5

Release 1.13.5

Highlights

Changes

Security

Fixes

Features / Improvements

Documentation

CI / Maintenance

New Contributors

1.13.4

Overview

What's New in v1.13.4

Bug Fixes

Infrastructure & CI/CD

Migration Notes

Breaking Changes

Deprecations

Contributors

1.13.3

Release notes:

Bug Fixes

Features

Reverts

Contributors to this release

↗️ form-data (indirect, 4.0.4 → 4.0.5) · Repo · Changelog

4.0.5 (from changelog)

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