7.5

CVE-2026-44496: axios Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44496DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44496CGA-3ppm-2fqj-gj49
Published 11-06-2026Last modified 11-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-44496 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in axios. EPSS estimates a 0.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.97%
0%100%
Low · +0.27 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
RHSA-2026:42078CGA-PQMV-RF2J-9CRJ

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 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.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.97%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

61%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.27 pp

From 0.69% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.97%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Axios

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard46 products
  • airflow-2All versions (No fix recorded)
  • airflow-core-2All versions (No fix recorded)
  • arangodb-3.11< 3.11.14.5-r14
  • awx< 24.6.1-r42
  • gitlab-rails-ce-18.1All versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi11 products
  • katib-earlystopping< 0.19.0-r31
  • katib-suggestion-goptuna-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • katib-suggestion-hyperband< 0.19.0-r31
  • katib-suggestion-hyperopt< 0.19.0-r40 | < 0.19.0-r31
  • katib-suggestion-nas-darts< 0.19.0-r31
Axios1 product
  • axios< 0.32.0 | ≥ 1.0.0, < 1.16.0
Debian1 product
  • node-axiosAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.16.0-1
Npm1 product
  • axios≥ 1.0.0, < 1.16.0 | < 0.32.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-axiosAll versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 61 products

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