Is serve-static 1.8 vulnerable?

npm · 2 releases from 1.8.0 to 1.8.1 · latest serve-static is 2.2.1 · checked 1 Nov 2026

Yes: 1 known advisory

Yes. serve-static 1.8.1, the last 1.8 release, is affected by 1 known security advisory (1 low), including CVE-2024-43800. Upgrade to 1.16.0 or later to fix all of them.

Upgrade with:npm install serve-static@1.16.0

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Advisories affecting serve-static 1.8.1

  • LowCVE-2024-43800GHSA-cm22-4g7w-348p10 Sept 2024

    serve-static vulnerable to template injection that can lead to XSS

    Affected
    <1.16.0 · >=2.0.0 <2.1.0
    Fixed in
    1.16.0, 2.1.0

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Other serve-static versions

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