# pacote (npm) vulnerabilities

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

## At a glance

- Latest release: 22.0.1 (Oct 21, 2026): no advisory affects it
- Newest unaffected release: 22.0.1 (Oct 21, 2026), the latest release
- Weekly downloads: 17.1M
- Dependents: 287
- Releases: 242 since 0.0.0 (Nov 27, 2016)
- Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/pacote
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2026-9496: 11.2.7 to 21.5.0 (21.5.1 is outside it)

## Advisories (1)

### [CVE-2026-9496](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-9496): Versions of the package pacote from 11.2.7 and before 21.5.1 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via the addGitSha function.

- Severity: High 8.7
- Published: May 26, 2026
- Affected: from 11.2.7, fixed in 21.5.1.
- Fixed in 21.5.1 (released Jun 9, 2026, 14 days after disclosure).
- The latest release, 22.0.1, is not affected.
- 59% of pacote downloads last week were affected versions (11.5M).

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