CVE-2026-40895
Publication date 21 April 2026
Last updated 30 June 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
follow-redirects is an open source, drop-in replacement for Node's `http` and `https` modules that automatically follows redirects. Prior to 1.16.0, when an HTTP request follows a cross-domain redirect (301/302/307/308), follow-redirects only strips authorization, proxy-authorization, and cookie headers (matched by regex at index.js). Any custom authentication header (e.g., X-API-Key, X-Auth-Token, Api-Key, Token) is forwarded verbatim to the redirect target. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.0.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| node-follow-redirects | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
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Severity score breakdown
CVSS version:
Base score
6.9 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base score
7.5 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40895
- https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-r4q5-vmmm-2653
- https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/pull/284
- https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/844c4d302ac963d29bdb5dc1754ec7df3d70d7f9 (v1.16.0)