qs

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

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Other targets from 6.4.3Newest 6.x, Latest6.17.1 Clears its 2 advisories6.16.0

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changes to make: 0
advisories fixed: 1
new: 2
fixes

Security

3 advisories still affect 6.5.0

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
qs vulnerable to Prototype Pollutionhigh · GHSA-hrpp-h998-j3pp

Upgrading to 6.16.0 clears them.

Release by release

6.5.0
28 Jun 20171 new · 2 fixes
- new
  Add utils.assign
- fixed
  Handle stringifying empty objects with addQueryPrefix
- fixed
  Do not mutate options argument

4 other lines we could not sort, mostly version bumps

Pass default encoder/decoder to custom encoder/decoder functions
6.5.0
parse/stringify: add ignoreQueryPrefix/addQueryPrefix options, respectively
6.5.0
parse: cache index to reuse in else statement
6.5.0
Update eslint, browserify, iconv-lite, tape
6.5.0

3 internal lines (docs, tests, tooling) left out.

Upgrade to 6.5.0

npm install qs@6.5.0

What 6.5.0 needs

Reading 6.5.0's manifest…

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.
3 advisories still affect 6.5.0.