Is CVE-2024-28849 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-28849 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-12-05.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-28849?

CVE-2024-28849 has a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2024-28849?

Patch guidance is available from follow-redirects project security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2024-28849.

Which products are affected by CVE-2024-28849?

1 product: follow-redirects project follow-redirects.

CVE-2024-28849 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Description

follow-redirects is an open source, drop-in replacement for Node's `http` and `https` modules that automatically follows redirects. In affected versions follow-redirects only clears authorization header during cross-domain redirect, but keep the proxy-authentication header which contains credentials too. This vulnerability may lead to credentials leak, but has been addressed in version 1.15.6. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: none
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-200 · Information Disclosure

Metadata

Primary Vendor: FOLLOW-REDIRECTS_PROJECT
Published: 3/14/2024
Last Modified: 12/5/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

follow-redirects_project : follow-redirects

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2024-28849. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2024-28849

View on NIST NVD

CVE-2024-28849 vulnerability