CVE-2024-28849

6.5 · MEDIUM

Published Mar 14, 2024 follow-redirects_project CWE-200 EPSS 1.04% (62th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Overview

CVE-2024-28849 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting follow-redirects_project follow-redirects. It was published on March 14, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical 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.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from follow-redirects_project. Update follow-redirects to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
follow-redirects_project	follow-redirects	>= 0, < 1.15.6	Affected

References

Ref fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#authentication-entries GitHub github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/c4f847f85176991f95ab9c88af63b1294de8649b GitHub github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp GitHub github.com/psf/requests/issues/1885 Ref hackerone.com/reports/2390009 Ref lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VOIF4EPQUCKDBEVTGRQDZ3CGTYQHPO7Z/ Ref fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#authentication-entries GitHub github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/c4f847f85176991f95ab9c88af63b1294de8649b GitHub github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp GitHub github.com/psf/requests/issues/1885

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-28849?

CVE-2024-28849 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting follow-redirects_project follow-redirects. It was published on March 14, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-28849?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-28849?

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