validator

13.15.35 · 2 Apr 2026MIT35M / weekRepository npm Atom feed

Upgrading validator From 4.7.1 to 4.9.0

Same major only

2 releases in betweenevery note read

Reading releases, release notes and advisories…

Other targets from 4.7.1Clears its 3 advisories13.15.22 Latest13.15.35

4.7.1yours
4.8.0
4.9.0target

0
changes to make: 0
advisories fixed: 3
new: 1
fix

Security

3 advisories still affect 4.9.0

validator.js has a URL validation bypass vulnerability in its isURL functionmoderate · GHSA-9965-vmph-33xx
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in validator.jsmoderate · GHSA-qgmg-gppg-76g5
Validator is Vulnerable to Incomplete Filtering of One or More Instances of Special Elementshigh · GHSA-vghf-hv5q-vc2g

Upgrading to 13.15.22 clears them.

Release by release

4.9.0
18 Feb 20161 new
- new
  Added a Russian locale to isAlpha() and isAlphanumeric()
4.8.0
10 Feb 20162 new · 1 fix
- new
  Added Spanish, French, Portuguese and Dutch support for isAlpha() and isAlphanumeric()
- new
  Added a Brazilian locale to isMobilePhone()
- fixed
  Fix the client-side version when used with RequireJS

2 other lines we could not sort, mostly version bumps

Remove the restriction on adjacent hyphens in hostnames
4.9.0
Reject IPv4 addresses with invalid zero padding
4.8.0

Upgrade to 4.9.0

npm install validator@4.9.0

What 4.9.0 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.
3 advisories still affect 4.9.0.