CVE-2024-28849

follow-redirects is an open source, drop-in replacement for Node's `http` and `https` modules that automatically follows redirects. In affected versions follow-redirects only clears authorization header during cross-domain redirect, but keep the proxy-authentication header which contains credentials too. This vulnerability may lead to credentials leak, but has been addressed in version 1.15.6. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CVSS v3.1

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 62th percentile

Published

2024-03-14

Updated

2025-02-13

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp
• advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2023-26159
• CVE-2024-28848
• CVE-2024-28852
• CVE-2024-28847
• CVE-2024-28854
• CVE-2024-2884