Security Bulletin: IBM Optim 1.0.0, 1.1.0 and 1.2.0 impacted by an information disclosure vulnerability in follow-redirects

Summary follow-redirects is used by IBM Optim as part of its front-end user interface Optim UI to handle HTTP and HTTPS redirect chains in the browser. CVE-2026-40895 is an information disclosure vulnerability in follow-redirects prior to version 1.16.0, where custom authentication headers e.g.,...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40895

follow-redirects is an open source, drop-in replacement for Node's http and https modules that automatically follows redirects. Prior to 1.16.0, when an HTTP request follows a cross-domain redirect 301/302/307/308, follow-redirects only strips authorization, proxy-authorization, and cookie header...

CVE-2026-40895 follow-redirects: Custom Authentication Headers Leaked to Cross-Domain Redirect Targets

follow-redirects is an open source, drop-in replacement for Node's http and https modules that automatically follows redirects. Prior to 1.16.0, when an HTTP request follows a cross-domain redirect 301/302/307/308, follow-redirects only strips authorization, proxy-authorization, and cookie header...

CVE-2026-40895

The CVE-2026-40895 entry concerns the open-source follow-redirects package (Node.js http/https replacement). Before version 1.16.0, HTTP requests that followed cross-domain redirects could forward custom authentication headers (e.g., X-API-Key, X-Auth-Token, Api-Key, Token) to the redirect target...

CVE-2026-40895 follow-redirects: Custom Authentication Headers Leaked to Cross-Domain Redirect Targets

follow-redirects is an open source, drop-in replacement for Node's http and https modules that automatically follows redirects. Prior to 1.16.0, when an HTTP request follows a cross-domain redirect 301/302/307/308, follow-redirects only strips authorization, proxy-authorization, and cookie header...

CVE-2026-40895

follow-redirects is an open source, drop-in replacement for Node's http and https modules that automatically follows redirects. Prior to 1.16.0, when an HTTP request follows a cross-domain redirect 301/302/307/308, follow-redirects only strips authorization, proxy-authorization, and cookie header...

CVE-2026-40895 follow-redirects: Custom Authentication Headers Leaked to Cross-Domain Redirect Targets

follow-redirects is an open source, drop-in replacement for Node's http and https modules that automatically follows redirects. Prior to 1.16.0, when an HTTP request follows a cross-domain redirect 301/302/307/308, follow-redirects only strips authorization, proxy-authorization, and cookie header...

GHSA-R4Q5-VMMM-2653 follow-redirects leaks Custom Authentication Headers to Cross-Domain Redirect Targets

Summary When an HTTP request follows a cross-domain redirect 301/302/307/308, follow-redirects only strips authorization, proxy-authorization, and cookie headers matched by regex at index.js:469-476. Any custom authentication header e.g., X-API-Key, X-Auth-Token, Api-Key, Token is forwarded...

follow-redirects leaks Custom Authentication Headers to Cross-Domain Redirect Targets

Summary When an HTTP request follows a cross-domain redirect 301/302/307/308, follow-redirects only strips authorization, proxy-authorization, and cookie headers matched by regex at index.js:469-476. Any custom authentication header e.g., X-API-Key, X-Auth-Token, Api-Key, Token is forwarded...

PT-2026-34171

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions follow-redirects versions prior to 1.16.0 Description When an HTTP request follows a cross-domain redirect 301, 302, 307, or 308, the software only removes authorization, proxy-authorization, and cookie headers. Any custom authentication...