Is request 2.9 vulnerable?

npm · 13 releases from 2.9.0 to 2.9.203 · latest request is 2.88.2 · checked 2 Nov 2026

Yes: 2 known advisories

Yes. request 2.9.203, the last 2.9 release, is affected by 2 known security advisories (2 medium), including CVE-2023-28155, CVE-2017-16026. At least one has no fixed release yet.

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Advisories affecting request 2.9.203

  • MediumCVE-2023-28155GHSA-p8p7-x288-28g616 Mar 2023

    Server-Side Request Forgery in Request

    Affected
    <=2.88.2
    Fixed in
    No fix released
  • MediumCVE-2017-16026GHSA-7xfp-9c55-5vqj9 Nov 2018

    Remote Memory Exposure in request

    Affected
    >=2.49.0 <2.68.0 · >=2.2.6 <2.68.0
    Fixed in
    2.68.0

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