npm package
request 2.0.4 vulnerability
request 2.0.4 has 1 known vulnerability, and no fixed version has been released yet. The maintainers have deprecated request.
npm (opens in a new tab) describes it as “Simplified HTTP request client.”
- Known vulnerabilities
- 1
- None rated high or critical
- Released
- Aug 13, 2011
- Latest is 2.88.2
- Downloads last week
- 14
- Under 1% of request downloads
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Dependencies
- None
- Resolved by deps.dev
- Status
- Package deprecated
What to upgrade to
Every newer release we checked still has known vulnerabilities. The fewer, the better.
Newest 2.x release and the latest release. Released Feb 11, 2020.
1 known vulnerability, worst rated warningDeprecated
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Findings
- WarningVulnerability
CVE-2023-28155 in request 2.0.4
EPSS: top 48%Server-Side Request Forgery in Request
2.0.4No fixed version yetView advisory, source: OSV.dev (opens in a new tab) - WarningMaintenance
request is deprecated on npm
The maintainers' deprecation notice: "request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142"
- LowOutdated
request 2.0.4 is a minor version behind
Latest release is 2.88.2.
- LowOpenSSF Scorecard
mikeal/request scores 3.4/10 on OpenSSF Scorecard
Weakest checks: Not actively maintained (Maintained 0/10); No security policy (Security-Policy 0/10); No static analysis (SAST 0/10). A low score means weaker upstream security practices, not a known vulnerability.
Every advisory for request 2.0.4
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.
WarningCVE-2023-28155 on OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)GHSA-p8p7-x288-28g6EPSS: top 48%
Server-Side Request Forgery in Request
No fixed version listed yet. Published Mar 16, 2023.
Who is still on a vulnerable request
100% of last week’s 12.5M request 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 request 2.0.4, 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.