Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Axios vulnerabilities (USN-8638-1)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8638-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(365455);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/13");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2025-62718",
    "CVE-2026-40175",
    "CVE-2026-42043",
    "CVE-2026-42044",
    "CVE-2026-42264"
  );
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8638-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Axios vulnerabilities (USN-8638-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by
multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8638-1 advisory.

    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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8638-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected node-axios package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:P");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-42264");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-42043");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-62718");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/04/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/08/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-axios");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2026 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '26.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04 / 24.04 / 26.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'node-axios', 'pkgver': '0.19.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-62718', 'CVE-2026-40175', 'CVE-2026-42043']},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'node-axios', 'pkgver': '0.26.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-62718', 'CVE-2026-40175', 'CVE-2026-42043']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'node-axios', 'pkgver': '1.6.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-62718', 'CVE-2026-40175', 'CVE-2026-42043', 'CVE-2026-42264']},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'node-axios', 'pkgver': '1.13.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'cves': ['CVE-2025-62718', 'CVE-2026-40175', 'CVE-2026-42043', 'CVE-2026-42044', 'CVE-2026-42264']}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'node-axios');
}