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CVSS 8.6 HIGH Vulnerability

CVE-2026-44492: axios's shouldBypassProxy does not recognize IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses, allowing NO_PROX…

Summary shouldBypassProxy, introduced in v1.15.0 to fix CVE-2025-62718, does not normalise IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses. When NO_PROXY lists an IPv4 address such as 127.0.0.1 or 169.254.169.254, a request URL using the IP…

8.6CVSS Score
HIGHSeverity
NOCISA KEV
VulnerabilityImpact Type

📋 Vulnerability Details

CVE IDCVE-2026-44492
Vendornpm
Affected Productaxios
Vulnerability TypeVulnerability
CVSS Score8.6 (HIGH)
Actively Exploited❌ No known exploitation
Patch StatusSee Vendor Advisory →
Reported ByCYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX Intelligence (via github_advisories)

🔬 Technical Analysis

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Summary

shouldBypassProxy, introduced in v1.15.0 to fix CVE-2025-62718, does not normalise IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses. When NO_PROXY lists an IPv4 address such as 127.0.0.1 or 169.254.169.254, a request URL using the IPv4-mapped IPv6 form (::ffff:7f00:1, ::ffff:a9fe:a9fe) still routes through the configured proxy. Node.js resolves these addresses to the underlying IPv4 host, so the request reaches the internal service via the proxy rather than being blocked.

Details

lib/helpers/shouldBypassProxy.js (v1.15.0): ```javascript const LOOPBACK_ADDRESSES = new Set(['localhost', '127.0.0.1', '::1']); const isLoopback = (host) => LOOPBACK_ADDRESSES.has(host); // normalizeNoProxyHost strips brackets and trailing dots, but not ::ffff: prefix return hostname === entryHost || (isLoopbac

🎯 Known Indicators of Compromise

{"type":"ipv4","value":"169.254.169.254","confidence_score":0.88,"first_seen":"2026-05-29","source_count":1}

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