CVE-2026-44490 (MEDIUM): detected in Lambda Docker Images.

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CVE Details

CVE ID	Severity	Affected Package	Installed Version	Fixed Version	Date Published	Date of Scan
CVE-2026-44490	MEDIUM	axios	1.15.2	1.16.0, 0.32.0	2026-06-11T17:16:33.027Z	2026-06-12T10:18:16.790052646Z

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Affected Docker Images

Image Name	SHA
public.ecr.aws/lambda/nodejs:latest	public.ecr.aws/lambda/nodejs@sha256:5fc0a885aec5f7af983d873496774cc8151a64b4b0be567b2c5707b0441c4f63
public.ecr.aws/lambda/nodejs:24	public.ecr.aws/lambda/nodejs@sha256:dbb877d56e710380d86a0ad9ab48a53ffa0977cbabebd6ae0db366a4cc88b20e
public.ecr.aws/lambda/nodejs:22	public.ecr.aws/lambda/nodejs@sha256:5fc0a885aec5f7af983d873496774cc8151a64b4b0be567b2c5707b0441c4f63

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Description

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 0.32.0 and 1.16.0, axios exposes two read-side prototype-pollution gadgets. When Object.prototype is polluted by an upstream dependency in the same process (e.g. lodash _.merge / CVE-2018-16487), axios silently picks up the polluted values. (1) lib/utils.js line 406 builds merge()'s accumulator as result = {}, so result[targetKey] (line 414) walks Object.prototype and the polluted bucket's own keys are copied into the merged headers and ride out on the wire. (2) lib/core/mergeConfig.js line 26 builds the hasOwnProperty descriptor as a plain-object literal. Object.defineProperty reads descriptor.get/descriptor.set via the prototype chain, so a polluted Object.prototype.get or Object.prototype.set makes the call throw TypeError synchronously on every axios request. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.32.0 and 1.16.0.

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Remediation Steps

• Update the affected package axios from version 1.15.2 to 1.16.0, 0.32.0.

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