CVE-2026-116689: follow-redirects: Cross-realm sensitiveHeaders arrays are discarded and custom credentials can follow redirects
Affected: follow-redirects · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 18% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
follow-redirects is a Node.js HTTP and HTTPS client wrapper that automatically follows redirects. From 1.16.0 until 1.16.2, the documented sensitiveHeaders option is checked with value instanceof Array, so an array created in another JavaScript realm is replaced with an empty list even though Array.isArray recognizes it. When a request then follows an attacker-controlled cross-origin redirect, a custom credential header named in that discarded list can be forwarded to the redirect destination. This issue is fixed in version 1.16.2.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- follow-redirects · follow-redirects>= 1.16.0, < 1.16.2
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- follow-redirects
- Published
- October 2026
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