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webpack-dev-middleware

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

Latest release
8.6.0 (Oct 29, 2026): no advisory affects it
Newest unaffected release
8.6.0 (Oct 29, 2026), the latest release
Advisories
2 · 2 high
Weekly downloads
30.5M
Dependents
384
Releases
133 since 0.5.0 (Aug 8, 2012)
Registry
npm
Releases read
Nov 8, 2026

Version timeline

  • CVE-2026-76844
    Affects 0.5.0 to 7.4.5 (7.4.6 is outside it); 8.0.0 to 8.2.0 (8.3.0 is outside it)
  • CVE-2024-29180
    Affects 0.5.0 to 5.3.3 (5.3.4 is outside it); 6.0.0 to 6.1.1 (6.1.2 is outside it); 7.0.0 (7.1.0 is outside it)
Every release cve.now has on record, lowest version on the left; each bar is a run of versions an advisory affects.

Advisories 2

  • zlib 1.2.11 through 1.3.2 Heap Buffer Overflow via Stale gzwrite Pointer After Failed Write

    Affected: from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.3.0; fixed in 7.4.6.

    Fixed in 7.4.6 (released Sep 3, 2026, 10 days after disclosure) and 8.3.0 (released Sep 3, 2026, 10 days after disclosure).

    The latest release, 8.6.0, is not affected.

    87% of webpack-dev-middleware downloads last week were affected versions (31.1M).

  • webpack-dev-middleware Path Traversal vulnerability

    Affected: from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.1.0; from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.1.2; fixed in 5.3.4.

    Fixed in 5.3.4 (released Mar 20, 2024, 1 day before disclosure), 6.1.2 (released Mar 20, 2024, 1 day before disclosure) and 7.1.0 (released Mar 19, 2024, 2 days before disclosure).

    The latest release, 8.6.0, is not affected.

    21% of webpack-dev-middleware downloads last week were affected versions (7.4M).