6.5

CVE-2024-28849: follow-redirects_project follow-redirects

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-28849DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28849CGA-4j86-c5x3-fm46
Published 14-03-2024Last modified 13-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-28849 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in follow-redirects_project follow-redirects. EPSS estimates a 1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.04%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 11
MGASA-2026-0327OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13830-1RHSA-2024:3781USN-8217-1CGA-3QPX-2JP6-8W3MCGA-4VMV-7RFH-8Q9H

Timeline

  1. 14-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.04%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

64%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.04% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.04%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Follow Redirects

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard22 products
  • arangodb-3.11< 3.11.14.5-r5
  • configurable-http-proxy< 4.6.1-r3
  • kibana-7< 7.17.24-r0
  • kubeflow-centraldashboard< 1.8.0-r3
  • kubeflow-pipelines< 2.0.5-r5
Wolfi4 products
  • configurable-http-proxy< 4.6.1-r3
  • kubeflow-centraldashboard< 1.8.0-r3
  • kubeflow-pipelines< 2.0.5-r5
  • lerna< 8.1.2-r1
Debian1 product
  • node-follow-redirectsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.15.6+~1.14.4-1
Follow-redirects1 product
Follow-redirects_project1 product
Npm1 product
  • follow-redirects< 1.15.6
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-follow-redirects< 1.2.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1 | < 1.2.4-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1 | < 1.14.9+~1.14.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

7 vendors · 31 products

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