CVE-2025-69202

axios-cache-interceptor Vulnerable to Cache Poisoning via Ignored HTTP Vary Header

State
Published
Severity
6.0 Medium
Published
Dec 29, 2025
Updated
Dec 30, 2025
Reserved
Dec 29, 2025

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Description

Axios Cache Interceptor is a cache interceptor for axios. Prior to version 1.11.1, when a server calls an upstream service using different auth tokens, axios-cache-interceptor returns incorrect cached responses, leading to authorization bypass. The cache key is generated only from the URL, ignoring request headers like `Authorization`. When the server responds with `Vary: Authorization` (indicating the response varies by auth token), the library ignores this, causing all requests to share the same cache regardless of authorization. Server-side applications (APIs, proxies, backend services) that use axios-cache-interceptor to cache requests to upstream services, handle requests from multiple users with different auth tokens, and upstream services replies on `Vary` to differentiate caches are affected. Browser/client-side applications (single user per browser session) are not affected. Services using different auth tokens to call upstream services will return incorrect cached data, bypassing authorization checks and leaking user data across different authenticated sessions. After `v1.11.1`, automatic `Vary` header support is now enabled by default. When server responds with `Vary: Authorization`, cache keys now include the authorization header value. Each user gets their own cache.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.06.0 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-524 Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information
  • CWE-573 Improper Following of Specification by Caller
  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Affected Products

ProductVersions
axios-cache-interceptorarthurfiorette
  • < 1.11.1Affected

References

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