# webpack-dev-server (npm) vulnerabilities

7 known vulnerabilities (6 medium), with the versions each affects and the releases that fix them.

## At a glance

- Latest release: 6.1.0 (Oct 18, 2026): no advisory affects it
- Newest unaffected release: 6.1.0 (Oct 18, 2026), the latest release
- Weekly downloads: 21.6M
- Dependents: 283
- Releases: 228 since 0.6.0 (Sep 18, 2012)
- Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/webpack-dev-server
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2026-14631: 0.6.0 to 5.2.5 (5.2.6 is outside it)
- CVE-2026-14620: 0.6.0 to 5.2.5 (5.2.6 is outside it)
- CVE-2026-9595: 0.6.0 to 5.2.4 (5.2.5 is outside it)
- CVE-2026-6402: 0.6.0 to 5.2.3 (5.2.4 is outside it)
- CVE-2025-30360: 0.6.0 to 5.2.0 (5.2.1 is outside it)
- CVE-2025-30359: 0.6.0 to 5.2.0 (5.2.1 is outside it)
- CVE-2018-14732: 0.6.0 to 3.1.10 (3.1.11 is outside it)

## Advisories (7)

### [CVE-2026-14631](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-14631): webpack-dev-server vulnerable to denial of service via a malformed Host or Origin header

- Severity: Medium 5.3
- Published: Jul 3, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 5.2.6.
- Fixed in 5.2.6 (released Jul 2, 2026, 1 day before disclosure).
- The latest release, 6.1.0, is not affected.
- 74% of webpack-dev-server downloads last week were affected versions (18.8M).

### [CVE-2026-14620](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-14620): webpack-dev-server vulnerable to cross-site request forgery via internal developer endpoints

- Severity: Medium 4.7
- Published: Jul 3, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 5.2.6.
- Fixed in 5.2.6 (released Jul 2, 2026, 1 day before disclosure).
- The latest release, 6.1.0, is not affected.
- 74% of webpack-dev-server downloads last week were affected versions (18.8M).

### [CVE-2026-9595](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-9595): webpack-dev-server vulnerable to HMR WebSocket interception via permissive user proxies

- Severity: Medium 5.3
- Published: Jun 15, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 5.2.5.
- Fixed in 5.2.5 (released Jun 12, 2026, 3 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 6.1.0, is not affected.
- 71% of webpack-dev-server downloads last week were affected versions (18.2M).

### [CVE-2026-6402](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-6402): webpack-dev-server vulnerable to cross-origin source code exposure on non-HTTPS origins

- Severity: Medium 5.3
- Published: May 12, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 5.2.4.
- Fixed in 5.2.4 (released May 11, 2026, 1 day before disclosure).
- The latest release, 6.1.0, is not affected.
- 70% of webpack-dev-server downloads last week were affected versions (17.8M).

### [CVE-2025-30360](https://cve.now/CVE-2025-30360): webpack-dev-server users' source code may be stolen when they access a malicious web site with non-Chromium based browser

- Severity: Medium 6.5
- Published: Jun 3, 2025
- Affected: fixed in 5.2.1.
- Fixed in 5.2.1 (released Mar 26, 2025, 69 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 6.1.0, is not affected.
- 49% of webpack-dev-server downloads last week were affected versions (12.5M).

### [CVE-2025-30359](https://cve.now/CVE-2025-30359): webpack-dev-server users' source code may be stolen when they access a malicious web site

- Severity: Medium 5.3
- Published: Jun 3, 2025
- Affected: fixed in 5.2.1.
- Fixed in 5.2.1 (released Mar 26, 2025, 69 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 6.1.0, is not affected.
- 49% of webpack-dev-server downloads last week were affected versions (12.5M).

### [CVE-2018-14732](https://cve.now/CVE-2018-14732): An issue was discovered in lib/Server.js in webpack-dev-server before 3.1.6.

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Sep 21, 2018
- Affected: fixed in 3.1.11.
- Fixed in 3.1.11 (released Dec 21, 2018, 91 days after disclosure).
- The latest release, 6.1.0, is not affected.
- 1.6% of webpack-dev-server downloads last week were affected versions (401.9K).

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