Inefficient regular expression complexity in axios - CVE-2026-44496

Vulnerability identifier: #VU133096

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-44496

CWE-ID: CWE-1333

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to inefficient regular expression complexity in lib/helpers/cookies.js read(name) when processing an attacker-controlled XSRF cookie name while reading document.cookie. A remote attacker can supply a crafted cookie name containing regex metacharacters to cause a denial of service.

The issue affects standard browser environments and can freeze the affected browser tab while axios prepares a request. Applications are affected only when attacker-controlled data reaches the XSRF cookie name configuration or an unsafe direct call to the internal cookie helper.

axios
PowerVC
IBM Fusion HCI
Jira Service Management Data Center
Crowd Data Center
IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services
Confluence Data Center
Bitbucket Data Center
Bamboo Data Center
DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data
IBM MQ Appliance
Data Cataloging
QRadar Threat Intelligence
QRadar Deployment Intelligence App
IBM Security SOAR
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
JBoss Data Grid

Install security update from vendor's website.

axios - addressed in versions 0.32.0, 1.16.0
IBM Fusion HCI - update to 2.14.0
DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data - addressed in versions 5.3.1 patch 8, 5.4 patch 5
Jira Service Management Data Center - addressed in versions 10.3.23, 11.3.10
Crowd Data Center - update to 7.2.2
IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services - update to 9.0.0.0.0 IF14
Confluence Data Center - addressed in versions 9.2.22, 10.2.14
IBM MQ Appliance - addressed in versions 9.4.0.26, 9.4.5.3, 10.0.0.5
Bitbucket Data Center - addressed in versions 9.4.21, 10.2.4, 10.3.1
Bamboo Data Center - addressed in versions 10.2.20, 12.1.8
IBM Security SOAR - update to 51.0.10.2
Data Cataloging - update to 2.5.6
QRadar Threat Intelligence - update to 2.6.0
QRadar Deployment Intelligence App - update to 3.0.20
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - addressed in versions 4.14.69, 4.16.65, 4.19.37
JBoss Data Grid - update to 8.6.2

• https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-hfxv-24rg-xrqf
• https://github.com/axios/axios

• Multiple vulnerabilities in axios
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Bamboo Data Center
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Bitbucket Data Center
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Confluence Data Center
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security SOAR
• Multiple vulnerabilities in JBoss Data Grid 8.6
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Crowd Data Center
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Jira Service Management Data Center
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM MQ Appliance
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar Deployment Intelligence App
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar Threat Intelligence
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM PowerVC
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Fusion, IBM Fusion HCI, and IBM Fusion Data Cataloging