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CVE-2022-0536: Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in follow-redirects/follow-redirects

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-02-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-212

Description

Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in NPM follow-redirects prior to 1.14.8.

Affected products

• follow-redirects: before 1.14.8 — fixed in 1.14.8
• Npm Follow-Redirects: before 1.14.8 — fixed in 1.14.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: follow-redirects 1.14.8; Npm Follow-Redirects 1.14.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/62e546a99c07c3ee5e4e0718c84a6ca127c5c445
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/7cf2bf90-52da-4d59-8028-a73b132de0db
• https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/62e546a99c07c3ee5e4e0718c84a6ca127c5c445
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/7cf2bf90-52da-4d59-8028-a73b132de0db

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