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SCA: security update for follow-redirects (GHSA-jchw-25xp-jwwc)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421508

Description

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

 - Versions of the package follow-redirects before 1.15.4 are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to
 the improper handling of URLs by the url.parse() function. When new URL() throws an error, it can be
 manipulated to misinterpret the hostname. An attacker could exploit this weakness to redirect traffic to a
 malicious site, potentially leading to information disclosure, phishing attacks, or other security
 breaches. (CVE-2023-26159)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jchw-25xp-jwwc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421508

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.33

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26159

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/2/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26159