- Latest release
- 4.9.0 (Dec 13, 2025): affected by CVE-2026-55553
- Newest unaffected release
- 4.9.1 (Jun 13, 2026)
- Advisories
- 1 · 1 high
- Weekly downloads
- 901.4K
- Dependents
- 430
- Releases
- 250 since 0.0.1 (May 16, 2011)
- Registry
- npm
- Releases read
- Nov 8, 2026
Version timeline
- CVE-2026-55553Affects 0.0.1 to 2.44.0 (2.44.1 is outside it); 3.0.0 to 4.9.0 (4.9.1 is outside it)
Advisories 1
- CVE-2026-55553High 7.5
urllib: Cross-origin redirects preserve credential-bearing request headers, leading to potential credential leakage
Affected: from 3.0.0, fixed in 4.9.1; fixed in 2.44.1.
Fixed in 2.44.1 (released Jun 13, 2026, 73 days before disclosure) and 4.9.1 (released Jun 13, 2026, 73 days before disclosure).
The latest release, 4.9.0, is still affected.
49% of urllib downloads last week were affected versions (470.3K).