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SCA: security update for follow-redirects (GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 414179
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- 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. (CVE-2024-28849)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 414179
Version: Revision 1.10
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.67
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28849
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-28849
cwe: CWE-200