# debug (npm) vulnerabilities

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

## At a glance

- Latest release: not known (cve.now hasn't read this package's releases)
- Newest unaffected release: not known without release data
- Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/debug

## Advisories (3)

### [CVE-2025-59144](https://cve.now/CVE-2025-59144): debug@4.4.2 contains malware after npm account takeover

- Severity: High 8.8
- Published: Sep 15, 2025
- Affected: from 4.4.2, fixed in 4.4.3.

### [CVE-2017-20165](https://cve.now/CVE-2017-20165): debug-js debug node.js useColors redos

- Severity: Low 3.5
- Published: Jan 9, 2023
- Affected: from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.1.0; fixed in 2.6.9.

### [CVE-2017-16137](https://cve.now/CVE-2017-16137): The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter.

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Jun 7, 2018
- Affected: fixed in 2.6.9; from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.1.0; from 3.2.0, fixed in 3.2.7; from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.3.1.

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