# uuid (npm) vulnerabilities

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

## At a glance

- Latest release: 14.0.3 (Oct 10, 2026): no advisory affects it
- Newest unaffected release: 14.0.3 (Oct 10, 2026), the latest release
- Weekly downloads: 399.9M
- Dependents: 49.8K
- Releases: 56 since 0.0.1 (Mar 31, 2011)
- Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/uuid
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2026-41907: 0.0.1 to 11.1.0 (11.1.1 is outside it); 12.0.0 (12.0.1 is outside it); 13.0.0 (13.0.1 is outside it)
- CVE-2026-41988: 0.0.1 to 11.1.0 (11.1.1 is outside it); 12.0.0 (12.0.1 is outside it); 13.0.0 (13.0.1 is outside it)

## Advisories (2)

### [CVE-2026-41907](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-41907): uuid: Missing buffer bounds check in \`v3\`/\`v5\`/\`v6\` when \`buf\` is provided

- Severity: High 8.1
- Published: Apr 24, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 11.1.1; from 12.0.0, fixed in 12.0.1; from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.0.1.
- Fixed in 11.1.1 (released Apr 29, 2026, 5 days after disclosure), 12.0.1 (released Apr 29, 2026, 5 days after disclosure) and 13.0.1 (released Apr 29, 2026, 5 days after disclosure).
- The latest release, 14.0.3, is not affected.
- 69% of uuid downloads last week were affected versions (311.4M).

### [CVE-2026-41988](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-41988): uuid before 14.0.0 can make unexpected writes when external output buffers are used, and the UUID version is 3, 5, or 6.

- Severity: Low 3.2
- Published: Apr 23, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 11.1.1; from 12.0.0, fixed in 12.0.1; from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.0.1.
- Fixed in 11.1.1 (released Apr 29, 2026, 6 days after disclosure), 12.0.1 (released Apr 29, 2026, 6 days after disclosure) and 13.0.1 (released Apr 29, 2026, 6 days after disclosure).
- The latest release, 14.0.3, is not affected.
- 69% of uuid downloads last week were affected versions (311.4M).

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