USN-8632-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40895)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-08-12 20:27 – Updated: 2026-08-12 20:27 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
node-follow-redirects vulnerability
Details
Dennis Sepede discovered that follow-redirects did not properly remove custom authentication headers when following cross-domain redirects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive authentication information, resulting in credential disclosure.
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