ID:12756 - Exploit for Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in axios - CVE-2026-44492

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Vulnerability description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to the "shouldBypassProxy" does not normalise IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.

Remediation