CVE-2024-28849: Proxy-Authorization header kept across hosts in follow-redirects
First published: Thu Mar 14 2024(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security-advisories@github.com security-advisories@github.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| npm/follow-redirects | <=1.15.5 | 1.15.6 |
| redhat/follow-redirects | <1.15.6 | 1.15.6 |
| IBM Cognos Analytics | <=12.0.0-12.0.3 | |
| IBM Cognos Analytics | <=11.2.0-11.2.4 FP4 |
Never miss a vulnerability like this again
Sign up to SecAlerts for real-time vulnerability data matched to your software, aggregated from hundreds of sources.
Reference Links
- 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
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOIF4EPQUCKDBEVTGRQDZ3CGTYQHPO7Z/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28849
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOIF4EPQUCKDBEVTGRQDZ3CGTYQHPO7Z
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp (Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2269577
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2269578
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2269580
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2269579
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2269587
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1474
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3316
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3550
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3781
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3868
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3989
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0041
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4836
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7164
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:2034
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:2862
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269576
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7177223 (Advisory)
- agent/weakness
- agent/title
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/type
- collector/nvd-cve
- source/NVD
- agent/author
- collector/nvd-api
- collector/github-advisory-latest
- source/GitHub
- alias/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp
- alias/CVE-2024-28849
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- collector/epss-latest
- source/FIRST
- agent/epss
- collector/github-advisory
- agent/severity
- agent/description
- agent/event
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- collector/redhat-bugzilla
- source/Red Hat
- agent/references
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- collector/ibm-support
- source/IBM
- package-manager/npm
- package-manager/redhat
- vendor/ibm
- canonical/ibm cognos analytics
- version/ibm cognos analytics/12.0.0-12.0.3
- version/ibm cognos analytics/11.2.0-11.2.4 fp4