ollow-redirects before 1.15.4 are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to the improper handling of URLs by the url.parse() function. When new URL() throws an error, it can be manipulated to misinterpret the hostname. An attacker could exploit this weakness to redirect traffic to a malicious site, potentially leading to information disclosure, phishing attacks, or other security breaches.

https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/issues/235 https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/pull/236 https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-FOLLOWREDIRECTS-6141137

follow-redirects could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted URL to redirect a victim to arbitrary Web sites.