CVE-2022-0536

Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in follow-redirects/follow-redirects

Severity Score

5.9

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in NPM follow-redirects prior to 1.14.8.

Una Exposición de Información Confidencial a un Actor no Autorizado en NPM follow-redirects versiones anteriores a 1.14.8

A flaw was found in the follow-redirects package. This flaw allows the exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor due to the usage of insecure HTTP protocol. This issue happens with an Authorization header leak from the same hostname, https-http, and requires a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-02-08 CVE Reserved
2022-02-09 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-10-25 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-212: Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://huntr.dev/bounties/7cf2bf90-52da-4d59-8028-a73b132de0db	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/62e546a99c07c3ee5e4e0718c84a6ca127c5c445	2023-08-02

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0536	2022-10-19
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2053259	2022-10-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Follow-redirects Project Search vendor "Follow-redirects Project"		Follow-redirects Search vendor "Follow-redirects Project" for product "Follow-redirects"				< 1.14.8 Search vendor "Follow-redirects Project" for product "Follow-redirects" and version " < 1.14.8"		node.js		Affected