CVE-2026-44496

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Axios versions before 0.32.0 on the 0.x line and before 1.16.0 on the 1.x line build a regular expression from the configured XSRF cookie name without escaping regex metacharacters. In standard browser environments, an attacker who can influence the cookie name passed to axios can cause expensive regex backtracking while axios reads document.cookie. The practical impact is client-side availability degradation, such as freezing the affected browser tab while axios prepares a request. The issue does not affect ordinary Node.js HTTP adapter usage, React Native, or web workers, where axios does not read document.cookie. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.32.0 and 1.16.0.
References
Link Resource
https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-hfxv-24rg-xrqf Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20889
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20938
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26234
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27044
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27063
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28571
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28964
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29082
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30076
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30650
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30651
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33155
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33160
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33163
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33173
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33183
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33574
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33683
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34766
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36611
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36754
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36820
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36882
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36883
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41055
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41064
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41066
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41928
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41951
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42078
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42085
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42142
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42796
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44496
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487943
https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-hfxv-24rg-xrqf Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44496.json
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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16 Jul 2026, 12:17

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09 Jul 2026, 13:17

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28571 -
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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33163 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33173 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33183 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44496 -
  • () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487943 -
  • () https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44496.json -

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References () https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-hfxv-24rg-xrqf - Exploit, Vendor Advisory, Mitigation () https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-hfxv-24rg-xrqf - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
First Time Axios axios
Axios
References () https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-hfxv-24rg-xrqf - () https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-hfxv-24rg-xrqf - Exploit, Vendor Advisory, Mitigation

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-11 17:16

Updated : 2026-07-27 13:18


NVD link : CVE-2026-44496

Mitre link : CVE-2026-44496

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44496


JSON object : View

Products Affected

axios

  • axios
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity