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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : follow-redirects vulnerabilities (USN-8217-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 310958

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8217-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that follow-redirects did not properly protect sensitive user information during redirects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-0155)

 It was discovered that follow-redirects did not properly remove sensitive information before storage or transfer. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-0536)

 It was discovered that follow-redirects did not properly validate URLs when handling certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to redirect users to a malicious site, resulting in information disclosure or phishing attacks. (CVE-2023-26159)

 It was discovered that follow-redirects did not properly clear proxy authentication headers during cross- domain redirects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause exposure of sensitive credentials.
 (CVE-2024-28849)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected node-follow-redirects package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8217-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 310958

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8217-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2026

Updated: 4/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0536

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0155

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-follow-redirects, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0155, CVE-2022-0536, CVE-2023-26159, CVE-2024-28849

USN: 8217-1