NodeMCU resets when HTTPClient handles 500 (internal server error) response

When ESP8266HTTPClient calls a GET method which responds with HTTP code 500, ESP8266 NodeMCU board resets itself. GET request is created using mocky.io. However, Following code handles HTTP code 200 successfully.

#include <ESP8266HTTPClient.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
    
HTTPClient httpClient;
const char* ssid = "";
const char* wifiPassword =  "";
int httpCode;
String payload;
String url = "http://run.mocky.io/v3/c8e3aee6-15ec-4c8c-a8d4-f709f95d17e2";

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  Serial.begin(9600);
  WiFi.begin(ssid, wifiPassword);
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    Serial.println("Connecting to Wi-Fi...");
    delay(500);
  }
  Serial.println("Connected to Wi-Fi network");
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  httpClient.begin(url);  
  httpCode = httpClient.GET();
  payload = httpClient.getString();
  httpClient.end();
  Serial.println("delaying...");
  delay(10000);
}

This is the decoded exception message.

Exception 28: LoadProhibited: A load referenced a page mapped with an attribute that does not permit loads
PC: 0x40206e98: HTTPClient::connected() at C:\Users\Binod\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\hardware\esp8266\2.7.2\libraries\ESP8266HTTPClient\src\ESP8266HTTPClient.cpp line 475
EXCVADDR: 0x00000184

Decoding stack results
0x40203a34: HardwareSerial::write(unsigned char const*, unsigned int) at C:\Users\Binod\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\hardware\esp8266\2.7.2\cores\esp8266/HardwareSerial.h line 164
0x40203d15: Print::write(char const*) at C:\Users\Binod\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\hardware\esp8266\2.7.2\cores\esp8266/Print.h line 62
0x4020127c: HTTPClient::disconnect(bool) at C:\Users\Binod\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\hardware\esp8266\2.7.2\libraries\ESP8266HTTPClient\src\ESP8266HTTPClient.cpp line 434
0x40202024: HTTPClient::end() at C:\Users\Binod\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\hardware\esp8266\2.7.2\libraries\ESP8266HTTPClient\src\ESP8266HTTPClient.cpp line 425
0x40201105: loop() at C:\Users\Binod\Documents\Arduino\sketch_jul28a/sketch_jul28a.ino line 32
0x40201088: setup() at C:\Users\Binod\Documents\Arduino\sketch_jul28a/sketch_jul28a.ino line 17
0x40205188: loop_wrapper() at C:\Users\Binod\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\hardware\esp8266\2.7.2\cores\esp8266\core_esp8266_main.cpp line 197