Is terser 3.8 vulnerable?

npm · 3 releases from 3.8.0 to 3.8.2 · latest terser is 5.51.2 · checked 2 Nov 2026

Yes: 1 known advisory

Yes. terser 3.8.2, the last 3.8 release, is affected by 1 known security advisory (1 high), including CVE-2022-25858. Upgrade to 4.8.1 or later to fix all of them.

Upgrade with:npm install terser@4.8.1

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Advisories affecting terser 3.8.2

  • HighCVE-2022-25858GHSA-4wf5-vphf-c2xc16 Jul 2022

    Terser insecure use of regular expressions leads to ReDoS

    Affected
    <4.8.1 · >=5.0.0 <5.14.2
    Fixed in
    4.8.1, 5.14.2

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Other terser versions

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