Is qs 0.6 vulnerable?

npm · 7 releases from 0.6.0 to 0.6.6 · latest qs is 6.17.1 · checked 2 Nov 2026

Yes: 5 known advisories

Yes. qs 0.6.6, the last 0.6 release, is affected by 5 known security advisories (4 high, 1 medium), including CVE-2022-24999, CVE-2017-1000048, CVE-2014-10064. Upgrade to 6.14.1 or later to fix all of them.

Upgrade with:npm install qs@6.14.1

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Advisories affecting qs 0.6.6

  • MediumCVE-2025-15284GHSA-6rw7-vpxm-498p30 Dec 2025

    qs's arrayLimit bypass in its bracket notation allows DoS via memory exhaustion

    Affected
    <6.14.1
    Fixed in
    6.14.1
  • HighCVE-2022-24999GHSA-hrpp-h998-j3pp27 Nov 2022

    qs vulnerable to Prototype Pollution

    Affected
    >=6.10.0 <6.10.3 · >=6.9.0 <6.9.7 · >=6.8.0 <6.8.3 · >=6.7.0 <6.7.3 · >=6.6.0 <6.6.1 · >=6.5.0 <6.5.3 · >=6.4.0 <6.4.1 · >=6.3.0 <6.3.3 · <6.2.4
    Fixed in
    6.2.4, 6.3.3, 6.4.1, 6.5.3, 6.6.1, 6.7.3, 6.8.3, 6.9.7, 6.10.3
  • HighCVE-2017-1000048GHSA-gqgv-6jq5-jjj930 Apr 2020

    Prototype Pollution Protection Bypass in qs

    Affected
    <6.0.4 · >=6.1.0 <6.1.2 · >=6.2.0 <6.2.3 · >=6.3.0 <6.3.2
    Fixed in
    6.0.4, 6.1.2, 6.2.3, 6.3.2
  • HighCVE-2014-10064GHSA-f9cm-p3w6-xvr39 Oct 2018

    Denial-of-Service Extended Event Loop Blocking in qs

    Affected
    <1.0.0
    Fixed in
    1.0.0
  • HighCVE-2014-7191GHSA-jjv7-qpx3-h62q24 Oct 2017

    Denial-of-Service Memory Exhaustion in qs

    Affected
    <1.0.0
    Fixed in
    1.0.0

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