diff --git a/api/policies/disallowedHeadRequestHandler.js b/api/policies/disallowedHeadRequestHandler.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..467530f27a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/policies/disallowedHeadRequestHandler.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module.exports = function (req, res, next) {
+    if (req.method === 'HEAD') {
+      return res.badRequest('Bad Request: HEAD method is not allowed');;
+    }
+    return next();
+  };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/routes.js b/config/routes.js
index de9158633b..4bf5cd7a0a 100644
--- a/config/routes.js
+++ b/config/routes.js
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ module.exports.routes = {
     action: 'openIdConnectLogin',
     csrf: false
   },
+  'HEAD /user/begin_oidc': {
+    policy: 'disallowedHeadRequestHandler'
+  },
   'get /user/begin_oidc': {
     controller: 'UserController',
     action: 'beginOidc',
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index 2b4d7b2722..96ad7ff234 100644
--- a/core/package-lock.json
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-5.5.2.tgz",
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diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1c3a12c3ee..e54350043d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
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         "url-pattern": "^1.0.3",
-        "webpack": "^5.92.0",
+        "webpack": "^5.92.1",
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-        "mocha": "^10.4.0",
+        "mocha": "^10.5.0",
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         "supertest": "^7.0.0",
         "uglify-es": "^3.3.10"
@@ -5208,13 +5208,14 @@
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-      "version": "10.4.0",
+      "version": "10.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mocha/-/mocha-10.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KoCXMKfW2OMsvCbaJJFPdzg36lI9+tMH7yyXCoKh6PpFo7BAC/xqG7Ct/aitJDrGbIGcN2IT3cx3bZ6PDGaXmA==",
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       "dependencies": {
         "ansi-colors": "4.1.1",
         "browser-stdout": "1.3.1",
-        "chokidar": "3.5.3",
+        "chokidar": "^3.5.3",
         "debug": "4.3.4",
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         "escape-string-regexp": "4.0.0",
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-      "version": "3.5.3",
-      "dev": true,
-      "funding": [
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-          "type": "individual",
-          "url": "https://paulmillr.com/funding/"
-        }
-      ],
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
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-        "braces": "~3.0.2",
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-        "normalize-path": "~3.0.0",
-        "readdirp": "~3.6.0"
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-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 8.10.0"
-      },
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f9a33d0c6..4cde7cd451 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
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     "typescript-require": "~0.3.0",
     "url-pattern": "^1.0.3",
-    "webpack": "^5.92.0",
+    "webpack": "^5.92.1",
     "zone.js": "^0.14.7"
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   "scripts": {
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     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
-    "mocha": "^10.4.0",
+    "mocha": "^10.5.0",
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