CVE-2026-44486VulnerabilityPublished 29 Sep 2026Updated 30 Oct 2026

Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Virtualization v4.12 Images

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

Severity

High

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 46% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 29 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 24 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

AI-suggested

Currently, no mitigation is available or meets Red Hat's criteria for ease of deployment, applicability, or stability. Users should ensure all previously released errata are applied and monitor Red Hat advisories for future updates. Consider limiting use of authenticated proxies with automatic redirects or avoid interacting with untrusted HTTP origins until a fix is released.

Description

CVE-2026-44486 is an information disclosure vulnerability in Axios's Node.js HTTP adapter used in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization v4.12 images. When Axios is configured to use an authenticated proxy and follows an HTTP redirect, it may inadvertently send the Proxy-Authorization header containing sensitive proxy credentials to the redirected target, potentially exposing these credentials to an untrusted remote server. This issue affects Red Hat products using Axios in Node.js environments with authenticated proxies and automatic redirects enabled. No patch or effective mitigation meeting Red Hat's criteria is currently available.

Impact

The vulnerability can lead to the unintended disclosure of sensitive proxy credentials to remote servers when HTTP redirects occur through an authenticated proxy. This could allow attackers or untrusted parties to obtain proxy authentication credentials, potentially compromising proxy security and allowing unauthorized proxy usage or further attacks. The impact is confidentiality loss only; integrity and availability are not affected.

Summary

The vulnerability CVE-2026-44486 affects Axios, a promise-based HTTP client, specifically its Node.js HTTP adapter. When Axios is configured to use an authenticated proxy and a request is redirected, the Proxy-Authorization header containing proxy credentials may be sent to the redirect target, which may not be trusted. This leads to the disclosure of sensitive proxy credentials. Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization v4.12 images include this vulnerable Axios version. Red Hat has classified this as an important information disclosure flaw. The vulnerability has a Red Hat CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High).

CWE-201Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessOWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The code transmits data to another actor, but a portion of the data includes sensitive information that should not be accessible to that actor.
Requirements
Specify which data in the software should be regarded as sensitive. Consider which types of users should have access to which types of data.
Implementation
Ensure that any possibly sensitive data specified in the requirements is verified with designers to ensure that it is either a calculated risk or mitigated elsewhere.
System Configuration
Setup default error messages so that unexpected errors do not disclose sensitive information.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Error Handling (opens in a new tab)
Logging (opens in a new tab)
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V8.3.4 (opens in a new tab)
V14.3.3 (opens in a new tab)
V7.3.3 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Choosing Message Identifier (opens in a new tab)
Exploiting Incorrectly Configured SSL/TLS (opens in a new tab)
WiFi MAC Address Tracking (opens in a new tab)
WiFi SSID Tracking (opens in a new tab)
Cellular Broadcast Message Request (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).
CWE-289Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessOWASP Top 10 A07:2025: Authentication Failures (opens in a new tab)
The product performs authentication based on the name of a resource being accessed, or the name of the actor performing the access, but it does not properly check all possible names for that resource or actor.
Architecture and Design · Input Validation
Avoid making decisions based on names of resources (e.g. files) if those resources can have alternate names.
Implementation · Input Validation
Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
Implementation · Input Validation
Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180). Make sure that the application does not decode the same input twice (CWE-174).
OWASP Cheat Sheets
OWASP Authentication (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V2.8.5 (opens in a new tab)
V2.8.4 (opens in a new tab)
V9.2.3 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 30 Oct 2026, 09:19 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-201, CWE-289

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