# velocityjs (npm) vulnerabilities

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

## At a glance

- Latest release: 2.1.7 (Jul 19, 2026): no advisory affects it
- Newest unaffected release: 2.1.7 (Jul 19, 2026), the latest release
- Weekly downloads: 817.7K
- Dependents: 121
- Releases: 86 since 0.3.1 (Jan 24, 2013)
- Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/velocityjs
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2026-73649: 0.3.1 to 2.1.6 (2.1.7 is outside it)
- CVE-2026-44966: 0.3.1 to 2.1.5 (2.1.6 is outside it)

## Advisories (2)

### [CVE-2026-73649](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-73649): Velocity.js: Remote Code Execution via property-read to Function constructor (bypass of CVE-2026-44966 fix)

- Severity: Critical 9.8
- Published: Aug 13, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 2.1.7.
- Fixed in 2.1.7 (released Jul 19, 2026, 25 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 2.1.7, is not affected.
- 61% of velocityjs downloads last week were affected versions (722.5K).

### [CVE-2026-44966](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-44966): Velocity.js: Prototype Pollution in #set path assignment

- Severity: High 8.3
- Published: May 26, 2026
- Affected: through 2.1.5.
- Fixed in 2.1.6 (released May 6, 2026, 20 days before disclosure), the first release outside every affected range (no listed fixed version clears them all).
- The latest release, 2.1.7, is not affected.
- 54% of velocityjs downloads last week were affected versions (650.3K).

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