CVE-2023-26159

Publication date 2 January 2024

Last updated 29 April 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Versions of the package follow-redirects before 1.15.4 are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to the improper handling of URLs by the url.parse() function. When new URL() throws an error, it can be manipulated to misinterpret the hostname. An attacker could exploit this weakness to redirect traffic to a malicious site, potentially leading to information disclosure, phishing attacks, or other security breaches.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
node-follow-redirects	26.04 LTS resolute	Not affected
	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 1.14.9+~1.14.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 1.2.4-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.2.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of standard support
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.3 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-8217-1
follow-redirects vulnerabilities
28 April 2026