{"cve":"CVE-2024-28849","nvd":{"published":"2024-03-14T17:15:52.097","modified":"2026-06-17T07:21:53.207","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-200"],"references":["https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#authentication-entries","https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/c4f847f85176991f95ab9c88af63b1294de8649b","https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp","https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/1885","https://hackerone.com/reports/2390009"],"products":["follow-redirects_project:follow-redirects"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:46:54.846886191+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-28849","score":0.01044,"percentile":0.64155,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp","summary":"follow-redirects' Proxy-Authorization header kept across hosts","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:10.249526628Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"follow-redirects","purl":"pkg:npm/follow-redirects","ranges":["<1.15.6"],"fixed":["1.15.6"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}