body-parser

2.4.0 · 22 Oct 2026MIT201.6M / weekRepository Homepage npm Atom feed

Upgrading body-parser From 1.20.5 to 1.20.6

Same major only

1 release in betweenevery note read

Other targets from 1.20.5Newest 1.x, Clears its 2 advisories1.20.9 Latest2.4.0

1.20.5yours
1.20.6target

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changes to make: 1
advisory fixed: 0
new: 1
fix

Security

1 advisory still affects 1.20.6

body-parser vulnerable to Denial of Service via trailing bytes after a compressed request bodyhigh · GHSA-27r3-jxmh-p828

Upgrading to 1.20.9 clears it.

Fixes 1 advisory affecting 1.20.5

body-parser vulnerable to denial of service when invalid limit value silently disables size enforcementlow · GHSA-v422-hmwv-36x6

Security fix for CVE-2026-12590 (GHSA-v422-hmwv-36x6)
1.20.6

Release by release

1.20.6
Security fix9 Jul 20261 fix
- security
  Security fix for CVE-2026-12590 (GHSA-v422-hmwv-36x6)
- fixed
  Improve limit option validation

Upgrade to 1.20.6

npm install body-parser@1.20.6

What 1.20.6 needs

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Check against your package.json

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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 1.20.6.