CVE-2026-116689
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.02
BB Relevance:
62/100
Published: 2026-10-27
Modified: 2026-10-28
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
No Auth
No Interaction
Conf. Impact
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
High
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
High
I:
None
A:
None
Description
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.