Is minimist 0.2 vulnerable?

npm · 5 releases from 0.2.0 to 0.2.4 · latest minimist is 1.2.8 · checked 2 Nov 2026

No known advisories in the last release

minimist 0.2.4, the last 0.2 release, has no known advisories. 2 advisories affect earlier 0.2.x releases, so update to 0.2.4.

Update within 0.2:npm install minimist@0.2.4

Is your project affected?

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Fixed within 0.2.x, affecting earlier releases

  • CriticalCVE-2021-44906GHSA-xvch-5gv4-984h18 Mar 2022

    Prototype Pollution in minimist

    Affected
    >=1.0.0 <1.2.6 · <0.2.4
    Fixed in
    0.2.4, 1.2.6
  • MediumCVE-2020-7598GHSA-vh95-rmgr-6w4m3 Apr 2020

    Prototype Pollution in minimist

    Affected
    <0.2.1 · >=1.0.0 <1.2.3
    Fixed in
    0.2.1, 1.2.3

Which of your client projects are still on minimist 0.2?

NPMscan reads the lockfiles in every GitHub repo you pick, finds the exact minimist version each one installs, and checks it against these advisories. Each finding comes with the command that fixes it.

Other minimist versions

Advisory data from OSV.dev (opens OSV.dev in a new tab), which includes the GitHub Advisory Database. Release list from the npm registry. Refreshed daily.