VDB-192611 · CVE-2022-0536 · WID-SEC-2022-0417

follow-redirects up to 1.14.7 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in follow-redirects up to 1.14.7. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-0536. The attack requires being on the local network. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in follow-redirects up to 1.14.7. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in NPM follow-redirects prior to 1.14.8.

The weakness was released 02/09/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at huntr.dev. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-0536 since 02/08/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.14.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 62e546a99c07c3ee5e4e0718c84a6ca127c5c445 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2022-0417). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux
Red Hat OpenShift
Splunk Splunk Enterprise

Productinfo

Name

follow-redirects

Version

License

open-source

Website

Product: https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.7

VulDB Base Score: 2.6
VulDB Temp Score: 2.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.9
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 2.6
CNA Vector (huntr.dev): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: follow-redirects 1.14.8
Patch: 62e546a99c07c3ee5e4e0718c84a6ca127c5c445

Timelineinfo

02/08/2022 🔍
02/09/2022 +1 days 🔍
02/09/2022 +0 days 🔍
02/25/2026 +1477 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 62e546a99c07c3ee5e4e0718c84a6ca127c5c445
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2022-0536 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-0536
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-192611
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2022-0417 - Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 02/09/2022 15:35
Updated: 02/25/2026 06:00
Changes: 02/09/2022 15:35 (49), 02/12/2022 19:39 (3), 11/16/2025 03:30 (21), 02/25/2026 06:00 (20)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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