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MEDIUM

CVE-2024-28849

CVSS v3

6.5

MEDIUM

EPSS Score

1.0 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

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SSVC status

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Affected and fixed versions

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

  • follow-redirectsnpmall versions · fixed in 1.15.6

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2024-28849 Red Hat Product Security341 products fixed · 25 known affected

    follow-redirects: Possible credential leak

    follow-redirects.src as a component of Cryostat 2 · openshift-logging/kibana6-rhel8 as a component of Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift · follow-redirects.src as a component of Migration Toolkit for Applications 6

  • RHSA-2025:1609 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Cluster Observability Operator 1.0.0

  • RHSA-2024:8677 Red Hat Product Security35 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Errata Advisory for Red Hat OpenShift GitOps v1.12.6 security update

  • RHSA-2024:7164 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Migration Toolkit for Containers (MTC) 1.8.4 security and bug fix update

  • RHSA-2024:4836 Red Hat Product Security39 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: RHACS 4.5 enhancement and security update

  • RHSA-2024:0041 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.0 bug fix and security update

11 more advisories

Full record on NVD

Description

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.

Technical details

Published
2024-03-14

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28849?

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.

Is CVE-2024-28849 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-28849 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.0% on 2026-10-19, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-28849?

CVE-2024-28849 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity).

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