Is cross-spawn 6.0 vulnerable?

npm · 7 releases from 6.0.0 to 6.0.6 · latest cross-spawn is 7.0.6 · checked 2 Nov 2026

No known advisories in the last release

cross-spawn 6.0.6, the last 6.0 release, has no known advisories. 1 advisory affects earlier 6.0.x releases, so update to 6.0.6.

Update within 6.0:npm install cross-spawn@6.0.6

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Fixed within 6.0.x, affecting earlier releases

  • HighCVE-2024-21538GHSA-3xgq-45jj-v2758 Nov 2024

    Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in cross-spawn

    Affected
    >=7.0.0 <7.0.5 · <6.0.6
    Fixed in
    6.0.6, 7.0.5

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Other cross-spawn versions

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