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SCA: security update for follow-redirects (GHSA-mrwp-f3q8-3g9p)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 478070

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 1.16.2, the documented sensitiveHeaders option is checked with value instanceof Array, so an
 array created in another JavaScript realm is replaced with an empty list even though Array.isArray
 recognizes it. When a request then follows an attacker-controlled cross-origin redirect, a custom
 credential header named in that discarded list can be forwarded to the redirect destination. This issue is
 fixed in version 1.16.2. (CVE-2026-116689)

Solution

Update the follow-redirects library and its related packages to version 1.16.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mrwp-f3q8-3g9p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 478070

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/31/2026

Updated: 10/31/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.72

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-116689

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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: 10/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-116689

cwe: CWE-201