CVE-2022-0536
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2022-02-09
- Fixed in1.14.8
- WeaknessCWE-212
Am I affected?
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Description
Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in NPM follow-redirects prior to 1.14.8.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2022-02-0911:15CVE publishedNVD
Versions per branch
NVD · OSV| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.14 | < 1.14.8 | 1.14.8 | NVD · OSV |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Packages
- arangodb-3.11Chainguardall versions · fixed in 3.11.14.5-r5
- follow-redirectsTuxCare:npmfrom 0.0.3-tuxcare.0 · fixed in 0.0.3-tuxcare.1
- follow-redirectsTuxCare:npmfrom 1.0.0-tuxcare.0 · fixed in 1.0.0-tuxcare.1
- follow-redirectsTuxCare:npmfrom 1.15.11-tuxcare.0 · fixed in 1.15.11-tuxcare.1
- follow-redirectsTuxCare:npmfrom 1.5.10-tuxcare.0 · fixed in 1.5.10-tuxcare.1
- follow-redirectsTuxCare:npmfrom 1.2.6-tuxcare.0 · fixed in 1.2.6-tuxcare.2
- js-jqueryAzure Linux:3all versions · no fixed version listed
- node-follow-redirectsUbuntu:Pro:22.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 1.14.9+~1.14.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
5 more package ranges on OSV.dev
Vendor advisories
follow-redirects: Exposure of Sensitive Information via Authorization Header leak
rh-dotnet31-aspnetcore-runtime-3.1 as a component of .NET Core 3.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux · rh-dotnet31-aspnetcore-targeting-pack-3.1 as a component of .NET Core 3.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux · rh-dotnet31-dotnet as a component of .NET Core 3.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux · +81 more
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.14 security, enhancement & bug fix update
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.15 security, enhancement & bug fix update
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.16 security, enhancement & bug fix update
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.17 security, enhancement & bug fix update
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.20 security, enhancement & bug fix update
9 more advisories
Fix
- Update Follow-redirects project follow-redirects to 1.14.8
- Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:22420 · 64 productsBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_openshift_data_foundation/4.14/html/updating_openshift_data_foundation/updating-ocs-…
- Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:22418 · 64 productsBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_openshift_data_foundation/4.15/html/updating_openshift_data_foundation/updating-ocs-…
- Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:22416 · 64 productsBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_openshift_data_foundation/4.16/html/updating_openshift_data_foundation/updating-ocs-…
- Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:22415 · 68 productsBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_openshift_data_foundation/4.17/html/updating_openshift_data_foundation/updating-ocs-…
- Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:21704 · 88 productsBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_openshift_data_foundation/4.20/html/updating_openshift_data_foundation/updating-ocs-…
- Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:21378 · 78 productsBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_openshift_data_foundation/4.19/html/updating_openshift_data_foundation/updating-ocs-…
Advisories and patches
- github.comPatch
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof of concept
- PoC-in-GitHubno public repository identifiedread 2026-11-08
- Metasploit modules
- none listed Metasploit Framework
Sources
- CNACVSS 3.12.6known since 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 3.15.9read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.04.3read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-212known since 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-212read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.3 %2026-11-08
- OSVaffected packages—
- GitHub AdvisoriesadvisoryMODERATE2022-02-11
Identifiers
- AZL-45156same flawAzure Linux · MIT
- CGA-9xgx-gc6m-hw25same flawChainguard · CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
- CGA-c986-5rhj-mm68same flawChainguard · CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
- EUVD-2022-1136same flawENISA EUVD · LicenseRef-ENISA-legal-notice
- GHSA-pw2r-vq6v-hr8csame flawGitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0
- USN-8217-1advisory covering several CVEsUbuntu
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Published
- 2022-02-09
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
- GitHub Advisory
- GHSA-pw2r-vq6v-hr8c
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Sources for this record
- CVE Program · CVE Program Terms of Use
- ENISA EU Vulnerability Database · ENISA legal notice §1.2 (reproduction authorised, provided the source is acknowledged)
- FIRST EPSS · EPSS terms of use (free use, attribution requested)
- GitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0 · GHSA-pw2r-vq6v-hr8c
- NVD · Public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105) for NVD-authored data; third-party content under its own terms
- OSV.dev · Per record, as its publisher states it: each row carries the label in sourceLicense when one is served
- Red Hat Product Security (CSAF and VEX) · CC-BY-4.0