CVE-2026-44488: axios

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-44488 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in axios. EPSS estimates a 0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 11-06-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 11-09-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Axios versions 1.7.0 through 1.15.x did not enforce configured request and response size limits when requests were sent with the fetch adapter. Applications that selected adapter: 'fetch', or ran in environments where axios resolved to the fetch adapter, could receive or send bodies larger than maxContentLength or maxBodyLength despite those limits being explicitly configured. This can cause resource exhaustion in server-side usage when a malicious or compromised server returns an oversized response, when an attacker can supply a large data: URL, or when an application forwards attacker-controlled request bodies through axios while relying on maxBodyLength as a boundary. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.32.0 and 1.16.0.

• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingThe product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.