qs

6.17.1 · 28 Oct 2026BSD-3-Clause214.6M / weekRepository npm Atom feed

Same major only

1 release in betweenevery note read

Other targets from 4.0.0Clears its 4 advisories6.16.0 Latest6.17.1

The note of 5.0.0 lists no breaking change or deprecation, which is rare for a major.

?
changes to make: 0
advisories fixed: 0
new: 0
fixes

Security

4 advisories still affect 5.0.0

qs: Denial of Service via Attacker Controlled isBuffermoderate · GHSA-4mjr-xmp4-gh2g
qs's arrayLimit bypass in its bracket notation allows DoS via memory exhaustionmoderate · GHSA-6rw7-vpxm-498p
Prototype Pollution Protection Bypass in qshigh · GHSA-gqgv-6jq5-jjj9
qs vulnerable to Prototype Pollutionhigh · GHSA-hrpp-h998-j3pp

Upgrading to 6.16.0 clears them.

2 other lines we could not sort, mostly version bumps

#114 default allowDots to false
5.0.0
#100 include dist to npm
5.0.0

Upgrade to 5.0.0

npm install qs@5.0.0

What 5.0.0 needs

Reading 5.0.0's manifest…

Check against your package.json

Which of your other dependencies stand in the way of 5.0.0. Read once, not stored.

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.
4 advisories still affect 5.0.0.