CVE-2024-28849 Affecting node-follow-redirects package, versions <1.2.4-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.11% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-NODEFOLLOWREDIRECTS-6457222
  • published1 May 2026
  • disclosed14 Mar 2024

Introduced: 14 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-28849  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 node-follow-redirects to version 1.2.4-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1