Open Redirect Affecting node-follow-redirects package, versions <1.15.6+~1.14.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.8% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-NODEFOLLOWREDIRECTS-21279899
  • published20 Oct 2026
  • disclosed2 Jan 2024

Introduced: 2 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-26159  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-601  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest node-follow-redirects to version 1.15.6+~1.14.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream node-follow-redirects package and not the node-follow-redirects package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Versions of the package follow-redirects before 1.15.4 are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to the improper handling of URLs by the url.parse() function. When new URL() throws an error, it can be manipulated to misinterpret the hostname. An attacker could exploit this weakness to redirect traffic to a malicious site, potentially leading to information disclosure, phishing attacks, or other security breaches.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1