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CVE-2024-28849

Proxy-Authorization header kept across hosts in follow-redirects

Published: Mar 14, 2024Updated: Dec 5, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-200
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 40.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

follow-redirectsfollow-redirects project
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
follow-redirectsnpmOSS Libraries
follow-redirectsfollow-redirects
Library
OSS Libraries / npm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP ApplicationsNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Suse Linux Enterprise ServerNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
follow-redirects projectoss-projectOSS Librariesaka follow-redirects
npmpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
follow-redirectsoss-projectOSS Librariesaka follow-redirect
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
and 7 more affected products View all →

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#authentication-entries
fetch.spec.whatwg.org
https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/c4f847f85176991f95ab9c88af63b1294de8649b
github.com
https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Mar 14, 2024
Last Updated
Dec 5, 2025

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