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.
Published: 2024-03-14
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-0907 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp follow-redirects' Proxy-Authorization header kept across hosts
History

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Follow-redirects Project
Follow-redirects Project follow-redirects
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:follow-redirects_project:follow-redirects:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Follow-redirects Project
Follow-redirects Project follow-redirects

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00159}

epss

{'score': 0.00164}


Tue, 18 Feb 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat cluster Observability Operator
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:cluster_observability_operator:1.0::el8
Vendors & Products Redhat cluster Observability Operator

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat acm
Redhat multicluster Engine
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2.10::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:multicluster_engine:2.5::el8
Vendors & Products Redhat acm
Redhat multicluster Engine

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat openshift Gitops
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1.12::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1.12::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat openshift Gitops

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhmt
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhmt:1.8::el8
Vendors & Products Redhat rhmt

Subscriptions

Follow-redirects Project Follow-redirects
Redhat Acm Advanced Cluster Security Ansible Automation Platform Cluster Observability Operator Logging Migration Toolkit Applications Migration Toolkit Runtimes Multicluster Engine Network Observ Optr Openshift Openshift Gitops Rhboac Hawtio Rhmt Service Mesh
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:47:32.862Z

Reserved: 2024-03-11T22:45:07.685Z

Link: CVE-2024-28849

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:56:58.148Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-14T17:15:52.097

Modified: 2025-12-05T15:45:52.483

Link: CVE-2024-28849

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-03-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-28849 - Bugzilla

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