follow-redirects is a Node.js HTTP and HTTPS client wrapper that automatically follows redirects. From 1.16.0 until 1.16.1, escapeRegex leaves valid header-name metacharacters unescaped in sensitiveHeaders. When an application declares a sensitive header whose name contains ^ or | and follows a cross-origin or HTTPS-to-HTTP redirect, unescaped regular-expression metacharacters prevent the generated filter from matching the declared header name, and the credential header is forwarded to an attacker-controlled redirect target. This issue is fixed in version 1.16.1.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - follow-redirects is a Node.js HTTP and HTTPS client wrapper that automatically follows redirects. From
    1.16.0 until 1.16.1, escapeRegex leaves valid header-name metacharacters unescaped in sensitiveHeaders.
    When an application declares a sensitive header whose name contains ^ or | and follows a cross-origin or
    HTTPS-to-HTTP redirect, unescaped regular-expression metacharacters prevent the generated filter from
    matching the declared header name, and the credential header is forwarded to an attacker-controlled
    redirect target. This issue is fixed in version 1.16.1. (CVE-2026-111755)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - follow-redirects is a Node.js HTTP and HTTPS client wrapper that automatically follows redirects. From     1.16.0 until 1.16.1, escapeRegex leaves valid header-name metacharacters unescaped in sensitiveHeaders.
    When an application declares a sensitive header whose name contains ^ or | and follows a cross-origin or     HTTPS-to-HTTP redirect, unescaped regular-expression metacharacters prevent the generated filter from     matching the declared header name, and the credential header is forwarded to an attacker-controlled     redirect target. This issue is fixed in version 1.16.1. (CVE-2026-111755)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
476387	SCA: security update for follow-redirects (GHSA-8r9p-f939-6h3c)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
476387	SCA: security update for follow-redirects (GHSA-8r9p-f939-6h3c)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
367759	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-111755	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high

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