CVE-2025-69202
The Shared Hallucination: Authorization Bypass in axios-cache-interceptor
Amit Schendel
Senior Security ResearcherJan 1, 2026·6 min read·63 visits
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
The popular library 'axios-cache-interceptor' (< 1.11.1) failed to respect the HTTP 'Vary' header. This effectively treats authenticated responses as global public assets. If an Admin visits a page, the library caches it. If a Guest visits the same page immediately after, they get the Admin's cached view, bypassing backend authentication checks entirely.
A critical failure in cache key generation allows unprivileged users to inherit the sessions of privileged users in server-side implementations of axios-cache-interceptor.
Official Patches
Fix Analysis (1)
Technical Appendix
CVSS Score
6.5/ 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NEPSS Probability
0.04%
Top 100% most exploited
Affected Systems
Node.js Backend-for-Frontends (BFF)SSR Applications (Next.js/Nuxt.js using custom axios instances)API Proxies using axios-cache-interceptor
Affected Versions Detail
| Product | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|
axios-cache-interceptor Arthur Fiorette | < 1.11.1 | 1.11.1 |
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| CWE ID | CWE-524 (Sensitive Information in Cache) |
| Attack Vector | Network (AV:N) |
| Impact | Confidentiality High, Authorization Bypass |
| CVSS Score | 6.5 (Medium) |
| Exploit Status | PoC Available (in unit tests) |
| Fix Version | 1.11.1 |
MITRE ATT&CK Mapping
CWE-524
Information Disclosure via Cache
Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information
Known Exploits & Detection
Vulnerability Timeline
Patch Committed
2025-02-12
GHSA Advisory Published
2025-02-14
