UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28849

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2024-28849
Downstream
USN-8217-1
Published: 14 Mar 2024, 17:15
Last modified:29 Apr 2026, 10:39

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 Mar 2024, 17:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
29 Apr 2026, 10:39
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•node-follow-redirects

    all | all | all | all | all | all | all | < 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

References (8)