CVE-2024-28849

Proxy-Authorization header kept across hosts in follow-redirects

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

follow-redirects es un reemplazo directo de código abierto para los módulos `http` y `https` de Node que sigue automáticamente las redirecciones. En las versiones afectadas, follow-redirects solo borra el encabezado de autorización durante el redireccionamiento entre dominios, pero mantiene el encabezado de autenticación de proxy que también contiene las credenciales. Esta vulnerabilidad puede provocar una fuga de credenciales, pero se solucionó en la versión 1.15.6. Se recomienda a los usuarios que actualicen. No se conocen workarounds para esta vulnerabilidad.

A vulnerability was found in the follow-redirects package. While processing the cross-domain redirection, `follow-redirects` clears authorization headers, however, it misses clearing proxy-authentication headers, which contain credentials as well. This issue may lead to credential leaking, having a high impact on data confidentiality.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

GitHubv3.1 6.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-03-11 CVE Reserved
2024-03-14 CVE Published
2024-03-23 EPSS Updated
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#authentication-entries	X_refsource_misc
https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/c4f847f85176991f95ab9c88af63b1294de8649b	X_refsource_misc
https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp	X_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/1885	X_refsource_misc
https://hackerone.com/reports/2390009	X_refsource_misc
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOIF4EPQUCKDBEVTGRQDZ3CGTYQHPO7Z

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28849	2024-09-26
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269576	2024-09-26

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Follow-redirects Search vendor "Follow-redirects"		Follow-redirects Search vendor "Follow-redirects" for product "Follow-redirects"				< 1.15.6 Search vendor "Follow-redirects" for product "Follow-redirects" and version " < 1.15.6"		en		Affected