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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
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 39.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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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

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for KubernetesOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat DiscoveryOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
multicluster engine for KubernetesOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat OpenShift Logging (RHOL)On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
follow-redirectsLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
follow-redirects
oss-projectaka follow-redirect
follow-redirectsLibrary
OSS Libraries / npm
npm
package-ecosystem
follow-redirects
OSS Libraries
follow-redirects project
oss-projectaka follow-redirects
follow-redirectsLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP ApplicationsOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp
github.com
https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/1885
github.com
https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/c4f847f85176991f95ab9c88af63b1294de8649b
github.com
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