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CVE-2026-44496

CVE-2026-44496HIGH

Axios: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via Cookie Name Injection

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  N  N  H    7.5   .0097   60.4     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions              Fixed
  axios    >= 1.0.0, < 1.16.0 –  —

TIMELINE
  May 6   Reserved by GitHub_M
  Jun 11  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
  Jun 11  Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
  Aug 24  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
  Aug 25  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
  Aug 26  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
  Aug 28  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
  Sep 3   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
  Sep 7   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
  Sep 9   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
  Sep 10  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
  Sep 11  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.

CWE-400, CWE-1333 · CNA: GitHub_M · CVSS v3.1 · 47 references · NVD status: Modified

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 12 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
May 6, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by GitHub_M
June 11, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
June 11, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
August 24, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
August 25, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
August 26, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
August 28, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
September 3, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
September 7, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
September 9, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
September 10, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.
September 11, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44496 (axios). Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
axios	axios	—	>= 1.0.0, < 1.16.0	—

Weaknesses

CWE-400 · CWE-1333

References (47)

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-44496 at cve.org

Vendors: axios

Weaknesses: CWE-400 · CWE-1333

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