CVE-2026-44487Axios: Proxy-Authorization Credential Leak to Origin Server Across HTTP-to-HTTPS Redirect in Axios Node.js HTTP Adapter
Description
Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 0.32.0 and 1.16.0, Axios’s Node.js HTTP adapter may forward a Proxy-Authorization header to a redirected origin during specific proxy-to-direct redirect flows. This affects Node.js usage, where an initial HTTP request is sent through an authenticated HTTP proxy, redirects are followed, and the redirected URL is no longer proxied. Under affected redirect shapes, the final origin can receive the proxy credential that was intended only for the outbound proxy. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.32.0 and 1.16.0.
Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.
Affected products and versions
References and patches
- https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-p92q-9vqr-4j8v ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20889
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20938
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27044
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27063
- 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-2026:29864
- 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-2026:34374
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34525
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34527
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34530
- 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-2026:40262
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40768
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40792
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:40795
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41031
- 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-2026:42146
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42796
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43052
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46885
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46903
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50300
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54188
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54206
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57191
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66488
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66545
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44487
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487948
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44487.json
CPE matches (NVD) (2)
cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*< 0.32.0cpe:2.3:a:axios:axios:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*≥ 1.0.0 < 1.16.0