# @libp2p/kad-dht (npm) vulnerabilities

1 known vulnerability (1 high), with the versions each affects and the releases that fix them.

## At a glance

- Latest release: 16.4.9 (Oct 19, 2026): no advisory affects it
- Newest unaffected release: 16.4.9 (Oct 19, 2026), the latest release
- Weekly downloads: 39.6K
- Dependents: 230
- Releases: 500+ since 13.1.0 (Sep 25, 2024)
- Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@libp2p/kad-dht
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2026-45783: 13.0.4-980038477 to 16.2.6-cc151e147 (16.2.6 is outside it)

Older releases aren't stored, so the earliest spans may start sooner.

## Advisories (1)

### [CVE-2026-45783](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-45783): libp2p: Unvalidated PUT\_VALUE records allow unbounded disk exhaustion on DHT server nodes

- Severity: High 7.5
- Published: Jun 10, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 16.2.6.
- Fixed in 16.2.6 (released May 13, 2026, 28 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 16.4.9, is not affected.
- 47% of @libp2p/kad-dht downloads last week were affected versions (19K).

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