Opening an application link asks the user to log in again

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Current Behavior:

When either accessing a link to dependency-track ( usually links to vulnerability pages ) or directly ctrl+clicking to a link to open it on a new tab asks you to re-log in instead of loading the requested page (when you already just logged in before). Also, when you log in again you are not redirected to the previously requested page but to the home page instead.

This issue impacts usability of the platform as it makes difficult to navigate to child views or access a specific page from a link provided by an alert or any other source where that link might have been copy-pasted/sent to/from.

Steps to Reproduce:

ctrl+click a vulnerability link or open a previously generated link to a vulnerability description.

Expected Behavior:

Page is loaded without needing to re-authenticate.
In case the token is really expired it should re-direct to the previously requested page instead of the homepage.

Environment:

• Dependency-Track Version: 3.8
• Distribution: Docker
• BOM Format & Version: Does not Apply
• Database Server: Mysql
• Browser: Chrom v83