CVE-2024-28849
MEDIUMfollow-redirects < 1.15.6 - Exposure of Sensitive Information via Proxy-Authentication Header
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VOIF4EPQUCKDBEVTGRQDZ3CGTYQHPO7Z/
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/1885
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/c4f847f85176991f95ab9c88af63b1294de8649b
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://hackerone.com/reports/2390009
Technical Description x_refsource_misc
https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#authentication-entries
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0111
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (2)
follow-redirects_project/follow-redirects
< 1.15.6
npm/follow-redirects
0 - 1.15.6npm
Published
Mar 14, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026