Security Bulletin: Maximo Application Suite - follow-redirects-1.15.4.tgz and follow-redirects-1.15.5.tgz are vulnerable to CVE-2024-28849 used in IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component

Summary

IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component uses follow-redirects-1.15.4.tgz and follow-redirects-1.15.5.tgz which are vulnerable to CVE-2024-28849. This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-28849
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js follow-redirects module could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the leakage of credentials when clearing authorization header during cross-domain redirect, but keeping the proxy-authentication header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain credentials and other sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285690 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

None