CVE-2024-28849
Publication date 14 March 2024
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| node-follow-redirects | 24.10 oracular |
Needs evaluation
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
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References
Other references
- https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp
- https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/1885
- https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/c4f847f85176991f95ab9c88af63b1294de8649b (v1.15.6)
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2390009
- https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#authentication-entries
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28849