CVE-2024-29041

Express.js minimalist web framework for node. Versions of Express.js prior to 4.19.0 and all pre-release alpha and beta versions of 5.0 are affected by an open redirect vulnerability using malformed URLs. When a user of Express performs a redirect using a user-provided URL Express performs an encode [using `encodeurl`](https://github.com/pillarjs/encodeurl) on the contents before passing it to the `location` header. This can cause malformed URLs to be evaluated in unexpected ways by common redirect allow list implementations in Express applications, leading to an Open Redirect via bypass of a properly implemented allow list. The main method impacted is `res.location()` but this is also called from within `res.redirect()`. The vulnerability is fixed in 4.19.2 and 5.0.0-beta.3.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha4:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha5:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha6:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha7:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha8:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

History

18 Dec 2025, 15:00

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

15 Dec 2025, 21:55

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References () https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#res.location - () https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#res.location - Technical Description
References () https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/0867302ddbde0e9463d0564fea5861feb708c2dd - () https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/0867302ddbde0e9463d0564fea5861feb708c2dd - Patch
References () https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/0b746953c4bd8e377123527db11f9cd866e39f94 - () https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/0b746953c4bd8e377123527db11f9cd866e39f94 - Patch
References () https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5539 - () https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5539 - Issue Tracking
References () https://github.com/expressjs/express/security/advisories/GHSA-rv95-896h-c2vc - () https://github.com/expressjs/express/security/advisories/GHSA-rv95-896h-c2vc - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://github.com/koajs/koa/issues/1800 - () https://github.com/koajs/koa/issues/1800 - Issue Tracking
First Time Openjsf express
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CPE cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha8:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha4:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha7:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha5:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha6:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:5.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

21 Nov 2024, 09:07

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#res.location - () https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#res.location -
References () https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/0867302ddbde0e9463d0564fea5861feb708c2dd - () https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/0867302ddbde0e9463d0564fea5861feb708c2dd -
References () https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/0b746953c4bd8e377123527db11f9cd866e39f94 - () https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/0b746953c4bd8e377123527db11f9cd866e39f94 -
References () https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5539 - () https://github.com/expressjs/express/pull/5539 -
References () https://github.com/expressjs/express/security/advisories/GHSA-rv95-896h-c2vc - () https://github.com/expressjs/express/security/advisories/GHSA-rv95-896h-c2vc -
References () https://github.com/koajs/koa/issues/1800 - () https://github.com/koajs/koa/issues/1800 -

25 Mar 2024, 21:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-03-25 21:15

Updated : 2025-12-18 15:00


NVD link : CVE-2024-29041

Mitre link : CVE-2024-29041

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-29041


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Products Affected

openjsf

  • express
CWE
CWE-601

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CWE-1286

Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input