npm package report

Is string safe?

1 known vulnerability, worst severity HIGH.

cvss
7.5

how bad it is if exploited, out of 10

epss
1.7%

chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

xyz score
4.0

CyberXYZ composite, out of 10

fig. 01 — GHSA-g36h-6r4f-3mqp, the advisory selected below

// advisories

GHSA-g36h-6r4f-3mqp

HIGHCVE-2017-16116

Affected versions of string are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when specifically crafted untrusted user input is passed into the underscore or unescapeHTML methods.

Affected
<= 3.3.3
Fixed in
not stated
Weakness
CWE-400
Published
2018-07-24
Source
github

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// ai model usage

Tracked for PyPI packages. HuggingFace models declare Python dependencies, so npm packages are not covered.


Checked 2026-09-22 at 01:31 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2018-07-24. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.

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