Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-44494

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patch available.

  - 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 
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    prototype chain. Because proxy is not present in Axios defaults, the merged config object has no own proxy
    property, making it trivially injectable via prototype pollution. Once injected, setProxy() routes all
    HTTP requests through the attacker's proxy server. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.0. (CVE-2026-44494)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "node-axios"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "node-axios"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
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      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "node-axios"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "grafana"},
          {"reference": "grafana-azure-monitor"},
          {"reference": "grafana-cloudwatch"},
          {"reference": "grafana-elasticsearch"},
          {"reference": "grafana-graphite"},
          {"reference": "grafana-influxdb"},
          {"reference": "grafana-loki"},
          {"reference": "grafana-mssql"},
          {"reference": "grafana-mysql"},
          {"reference": "grafana-opentsdb"},
          {"reference": "grafana-pcp"},
          {"reference": "grafana-postgres"},
          {"reference": "grafana-prometheus"},
          {"reference": "grafana-selinux"},
          {"reference": "grafana-stackdriver"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "grafana"},
          {"reference": "grafana-azure-monitor"},
          {"reference": "grafana-cloudwatch"},
          {"reference": "grafana-elasticsearch"},
          {"reference": "grafana-graphite"},
          {"reference": "grafana-influxdb"},
          {"reference": "grafana-loki"},
          {"reference": "grafana-mssql"},
          {"reference": "grafana-mysql"},
          {"reference": "grafana-opentsdb"},
          {"reference": "grafana-pcp"},
          {"reference": "grafana-postgres"},
          {"reference": "grafana-prometheus"},
          {"reference": "grafana-selinux"},
          {"reference": "grafana-stackdriver"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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        "release": "9",
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          {"reference": "grafana"},
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        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
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      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}