npm package
ejs 2.4.2 vulnerabilities, and the version that fixes all of them
ejs 2.4.2 has 5 known vulnerabilities (3 rated high or critical); 3.1.10 fixes all of them. The maintainers deprecated this release.
npm (opens in a new tab) describes it as “Embedded JavaScript templates”
- Known vulnerabilities
- 5
- 3 rated high or critical
- Released
- May 24, 2016
- Latest is 7.0.1
- Downloads last week
- 1.3K
- Under 1% of ejs downloads
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Dependencies
- None
- Resolved by deps.dev
- Status
- Deprecated release
What to upgrade to
3.1.10 is the closest release with no known vulnerabilities.
Newest 2.x release. Released Nov 19, 2019.
2 known vulnerabilities, worst rated warning3.1.10Upgrade to this
Fixes all 5 known vulnerabilities. Released Apr 12, 2024.
No known vulnerabilitiesLatest release. Released Oct 4, 2026.
No known vulnerabilities
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Findings
- CriticalVulnerability
5 known vulnerabilities in ejs 2.4.2
EPSS: top 2%3 rated high or critical. Most serious: CVE-2022-29078, ejs template injection vulnerability. Upgrading to 3.1.10 fixes all of them.
- WarningOutdated
ejs 2.4.2 is 5 major versions behind
Latest release is 7.0.1. The maintainers deprecated 2.4.2: "Critical security bugs fixed in 2.5.5"
- LowOpenSSF Scorecard
mde/ejs scores 2.9/10 on OpenSSF Scorecard
Weakest checks: Little code review (Code-Review 0/10); No branch protection (Branch-Protection 0/10); Over-privileged CI tokens (Token-Permissions 0/10). A low score means weaker upstream security practices, not a known vulnerability.
Every advisory for ejs 2.4.2
Known exploited first (CISA KEV), then by how likely they are to be exploited (FIRST EPSS), then by severity. Each id links to its OSV.dev record.
CriticalCVE-2022-29078 on OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)GHSA-phwq-j96m-2c2qEPSS: top 2%
ejs template injection vulnerability
Fixed in 3.1.7. Published Apr 26, 2022.
CriticalCVE-2017-1000228 on OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)GHSA-3w5v-p54c-f74xEPSS: top 7%
ejs is vulnerable to remote code execution due to weak input validation
Fixed in 2.5.5. Published Nov 30, 2017.
CriticalCVE-2017-1000189 on OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)GHSA-6x77-rpqf-j6mwEPSS: top 18%
ejs vulnerable to DoS due to weak input validation
Fixed in 2.5.5. Published Mar 5, 2018.
WarningCVE-2017-1000188 on OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)GHSA-hwcf-pp87-7x6pEPSS: top 32%
mde ejs vulnerable to XSS
Fixed in 2.5.5. Published Nov 30, 2017.
WarningCVE-2024-33883 on OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)GHSA-ghr5-ch3p-vcr6EPSS: top 52%
ejs lacks certain pollution protection
Fixed in 3.1.10. Published Apr 28, 2024.
Who is still on a vulnerable ejs
9% of last week’s 43.4M ejs downloads went to versions with known vulnerabilities.
From npm’s per-version download counts for the last 7 days, each version checked against OSV.dev. The versions checked cover over 99% of downloads.
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How this page is checked
StackPrism asks OSV.dev which advisories affect exactly ejs 2.4.2, merges duplicates filed under several ids, and ranks them with CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list and FIRST EPSS. Release dates and deprecation come from deps.dev and npm. No AI writes this page: every sentence comes from that data, refreshed every few hours.
Last checked against npm, OSV.dev, deps.dev, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS.