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CVE-2024-28849

follow-redirects: Possible credential leak

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 14, 2024

Updated · November 4, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was found in the follow-redirects package. While processing the cross-domain redirection, follow-redirects clears authorization headers, however, it misses clearing proxy-authentication headers, which contain credentials as well. This issue may lead to credential leaking, having a high impact on data confidentiality.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor