# CVE-2026-111755: follow-redirects sensitiveHeaders regex escaping can expose credential headers

- Also known as: GHSA-8R9P-F939-6H3C
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.16.1
- Published: 2026-10-19 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- follow-redirects: from 1.16.0, fixed in 1.16.1
- follow-redirects (npm): from 1.16.0, fixed in 1.16.1

## Description

follow-redirects is a Node.js HTTP and HTTPS client wrapper that automatically follows redirects. From 1.16.0 until 1.16.1, escapeRegex leaves valid header-name metacharacters unescaped in sensitiveHeaders. When an application declares a sensitive header whose name contains ^ or | and follows a cross-origin or HTTPS-to-HTTP redirect, unescaped regular-expression metacharacters prevent the generated filter from matching the declared header name, and the credential header is forwarded to an attacker-controlled redirect target. This issue is fixed in version 1.16.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on follow-redirects, upgrade to a fixed version (1.16.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/security/advisories/GHSA-8r9p-f939-6h3c
- https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/commit/080a76d0e125b37bf81717368a61d5dc37aa56c8
- https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/releases/tag/v1.16.1

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