CVE-2024-28849

6.5 MEDIUM
Published: March 14, 2024 Modified: December 05, 2025
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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 v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#authentication-entries
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Technical Description
https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/c4f847f85176991f95ab9c88af63b1294de8649b
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Patch
https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/1885
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Issue Tracking
https://hackerone.com/reports/2390009
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOIF4EPQUCKDBEVTGRQDZ3CGTYQHPO7Z/
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#authentication-entries
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Technical Description
https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/c4f847f85176991f95ab9c88af63b1294de8649b
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/1885
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://hackerone.com/reports/2390009
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOIF4EPQUCKDBEVTGRQDZ3CGTYQHPO7Z/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.7%
71th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

follow-redirects_project

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