basic-ftp

6.2.3 · 9 Oct 2026MIT27.3M / weekRepository Homepage npm Atom feed

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2 releases in betweennotes for 1

Other targets from 5.2.2Clears its 3 advisories6.2.1 Latest6.2.3

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changes to make: 2
advisories fixed: ?
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fixes

Counted from 1 of 2 release notes. Advisories are counted from the advisory database, in full.

Security

1 advisory still affects 5.3.1

basic-ftp: Quadratic-time CPU denial of service in Client.list() Unix directory-listing parser (RE_LINE backtracking)high · GHSA-c475-qrg2-pj4r

Upgrading to 6.2.1 clears it.

Fixes 2 advisories affecting 5.2.2

basic-ftp vulnerable to denial of service via unbounded memory consumption in Client.list()high · GHSA-rp42-5vxx-qpwr
basic-ftp allows a malicious FTP server to cause client-side denial of service via unbounded multiline control response bufferinghigh · GHSA-rpmf-866q-6p89

Changed: Introduced an upper bound for total bytes of directory listing, fixes github.com/patrickjuchli/basic-ftp/security/adv….
5.3.0

1 other line we could not sort, mostly version bumps

Added: Option to increase the upper bound for total bytes of directory listing in Client constructor.
5.3.0

Upgrade to 5.3.1

npm install basic-ftp@5.3.1

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After upgrading

Run the type checker, the linter and the tests.
Build, and look for new deprecation warnings.
Update peer dependencies the new version asks for.
1 advisory still affects 5.3.1.