CVE-2024-28849 Proxy-Authorization header kept across hosts in follow-redirects

2024-03-1417:07:27

CWE-200

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cve-2024-28849

proxy-authorization

follow-redirects

node's http

node's https

credentials leak

version 1.15.6

upgrade

cross-domain redirect

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.4%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "follow-redirects",
    "product": "follow-redirects",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 1.15.6",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]