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SCA: security update for follow-redirects (GHSA-8r9p-f939-6h3c)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476387

Description

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)

Solution

Update the follow-redirects library and its related packages to version 1.16.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8r9p-f939-6h3c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 476387

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/20/2026

Updated: 10/20/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 10.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-111755

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-111755