# CVE-2026-44487: Axios: Proxy-Authorization Credential Leak to Origin Server Across HTTP-to-HTTPS Redirect in Axios Node.js HTTP Adapter

- Also known as: GHSA-P92Q-9VQR-4J8V
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.16.0, 0.32.0
- Published: 2026-06-11 · Updated: 2026-09-11

## Affected

- axios: from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.16.0; fixed in 0.32.0
- axios (npm): from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.16.0
- axios (npm): fixed in 0.32.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on axios, upgrade to a fixed version (1.16.0, 0.32.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/axios/axios/security/advisories/GHSA-p92q-9vqr-4j8v

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