ollow-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.
05 Dec 2025, 15:45
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:follow-redirects_project:follow-redirects:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | |
| First Time |
Follow-redirects Project follow-redirects
Follow-redirects Project |
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| References | () https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#authentication-entries - Technical Description | |
| References | () https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/c4f847f85176991f95ab9c88af63b1294de8649b - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp - Exploit, Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/1885 - Issue Tracking | |
| References | () https://hackerone.com/reports/2390009 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VOIF4EPQUCKDBEVTGRQDZ3CGTYQHPO7Z/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
21 Nov 2024, 09:07
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| References | () https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#authentication-entries - | |
| References | () https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/c4f847f85176991f95ab9c88af63b1294de8649b - | |
| References | () https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp - | |
| References | () https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/1885 - | |
| References | () https://hackerone.com/reports/2390009 - | |
| References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VOIF4EPQUCKDBEVTGRQDZ3CGTYQHPO7Z/ - |
Published : 2024-03-14 17:15
Updated : 2025-12-05 15:45
NVD link : CVE-2024-28849
Mitre link : CVE-2024-28849
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-28849
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