follow-redirects up to 1.15.5 Authorization Header information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in follow-redirects up to 1.15.5. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Authorization Header Handler. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-28849. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in follow-redirects up to 1.15.5. Affected is an unknown part of the component Authorization Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-28849 since 03/11/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.15.6 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch c4f847f85176991f95ab9c88af63b1294de8649b 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.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: follow-redirects 1.15.6
Patch: c4f847f85176991f95ab9c88af63b1294de8649b

Timelineinfo

03/11/2024 🔍
03/14/2024 +3 days 🔍
03/14/2024 +0 days 🔍
12/05/2025 +631 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 1885
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-28849 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-28849
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-256854

Entryinfo

Created: 03/14/2024 21:05
Updated: 12/05/2025 17:03
Changes: 03/14/2024 21:05 (52), 12/05/2025 17:03 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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