CVE catalog
CVE-2024-28849
node-follow-redirects: CVE-2024-28849
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.04% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-follow-redirects | sid | 1.16.1+~1.14.4-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-follow-redirects | forky | 1.16.1+~1.14.4-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-follow-redirects | trixie | 1.15.9+~1.14.4-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-follow-redirects | bookworm | 1.15.2+~1.14.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Npm | follow-redirects | Not reported | 1.15.6 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | node-follow-redirects | pro | 1.13.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-follow-redirects | pro | 1.14.5-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-follow-redirects | pro | 1.14.7+~1.13.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-follow-redirects | pro | 1.14.8+~1.14.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-follow-redirects | pro | 1.14.9+~1.14.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-follow-redirects | pro | 1.14.9+~1.14.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | velociraptor | tumbleweed | 0.7.0.4.git74.3426c0a-5.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-follow-redirects | source | sid | 1.15.6+~1.14.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1066971] |
| Debian | node-follow-redirects | source | forky | 1.15.6+~1.14.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1066971] |
| Debian | node-follow-redirects | source | trixie | 1.15.6+~1.14.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1066971] |
| Debian | node-follow-redirects | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1066971] |
| Npm | follow-redirects | npm | Not reported | 1.15.6 | Not reported | GHSA-CXJH-PQWP-8MFP | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | node-follow-redirects | deb | pro | 1.14.9+~1.14.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28849 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | velociraptor | rpm | tumbleweed | 0.7.0.4.git74.3426c0a-5.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13830-1 | Not reported |
Notes
[bookworm] node-follow-redirects: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_13830-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28849]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28849]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13830-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-28849]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2024/cve-2024-28849.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2024/wid-sec-w-2024-1226.json]
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