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CVE-2024-28849

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 1.04% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2024-03-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2024-28849
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
1.04%

Original NVD 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.

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