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backbone: vulnerability history, versions and safety

backbone is a package in the npm ecosystem. Vulert records 1 vulnerability for it across 7 releases, first recorded in Feb 2019. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.

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1 vulnerabilities recorded M1
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0 with no fix published

Every vulnerability has a patched version to move to.

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0 in the last 12 months

Nothing new recorded in the last year.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

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Vulert verdict on backbone 1.6.1 i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Good news: 1.6.1, the version you would install today, has no known vulnerabilities. Older releases do — the table below lists all 1.

Package health score 82/100
  • Security Minor issues
  • Maintenance Maintaining
  • Popularity Key ecosystem project
  • Community Moderate

What to do: Stay on 1.6.1 or newer. This can change: a vulnerability disclosed tomorrow can affect 1.6.1 too — Vulert watches the package and alerts you if that happens. Monitor it with Vulert →

  • Current release 1.6.1 — unaffected i
  • Vulnerabilities on record 1 over 1 year · 0 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 18 Feb 2019 i
  • Highest CVSS 5.4 i
  • With no published fix 0 i
  • Depended on by 2,541 packages i
  • Stars 28,095 i
  • OpenSSF scorecard 4/10 i
  • Last release 18 months ago i
  • Licence MIT i

Version list, release dates, licence and dependants published by the npm registry, refreshed 22 Oct 2026. Licence information is not legal advice.

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert tracks for backbone, newest first, with the vulnerabilities recorded against each one. A version showing none has no vulnerability in the Vulert database — open it for the full picture on that release.

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Version Released Vulert vulnerabilities Licence Fix published Details
1.6.1 01 Apr 2025 none MIT — Details →
1.6.0 05 Feb 2024 none MIT — Details →
1.5.0 28 Jul 2023 none MIT — Details →
1.4.1 26 Feb 2022 none MIT — Details →
1.4.0 19 Feb 2019 none MIT — Details →
1.3.3 05 Apr 2016 none MIT — Details →
1.3.2 12 Mar 2016 none MIT — Details →
1.3.1 04 Mar 2016 none MIT — Details →
1.2.3 03 Sep 2015 none MIT — Details →
1.2.2 19 Aug 2015 none MIT — Details →
1.2.1 04 Jun 2015 none MIT — Details →
1.2.0 13 May 2015 none MIT — Details →
1.1.2 20 Feb 2014 none MIT — Details →
1.1.1 13 Feb 2014 none MIT — Details →
1.1.0 11 Oct 2013 none MIT — Details →
1.0.0 20 Mar 2013 none MIT — Details →
0.9.10 15 Jan 2013 none MIT — Details →
0.9.9 13 Dec 2012 none MIT — Details →
0.9.2 21 Mar 2012 none MIT — Details →
0.9.1 02 Feb 2012 none MIT — Details →
0.9.0 30 Jan 2012 none MIT — Details →
0.5.3 09 Aug 2011 none MIT — Details →
0.5.2 26 Jul 2011 none MIT — Details →
0.5.1 05 Jul 2011 none MIT — Details →
0.1.1 01 Jul 2011 M1 MIT Yes Details →
0.1.2 01 Jul 2011 M1 MIT Yes Details →
0.2.0 01 Jul 2011 M1 MIT Yes Details →
0.3.0 01 Jul 2011 M1 MIT Yes Details →
0.3.1 01 Jul 2011 M1 MIT Yes Details →
0.3.2 01 Jul 2011 M1 MIT Yes Details →
0.3.3 01 Jul 2011 M1 MIT Yes Details →
0.5.0 01 Jul 2011 none MIT — Details →

All 32 versions Vulert tracks for this package. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

  • 2019 1

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 0 of the 1 were recorded in the last 12 months.

03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for backbone

The 1 most severe of 1 vulnerabilities recorded for this package

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Vulnerability Severity Fixed version ↓ Disclosed ↓
CVE-2016-10537: Cross-Site Scripting in backbone 5.4 medium 0.5.0 18 Feb 2019

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Questions

About backbone

Is backbone safe to use?

Vulert records 1 vulnerabilities for backbone in npm: 0 critical, 0 high, 1 medium and 0 low. Every one of them has a published fix, so the practical answer is to run a supported release and keep it patched.

What is backbone's Vulert package health score?

Vulert scores backbone 82/100, which reads as in good shape. The score weighs the vulnerability record (40), maintenance and release cadence (25), adoption from dependents and stars (20) and community signals such as the OpenSSF scorecard and forks (15).

Is the latest version of backbone affected?

No. 1.6.1, the version you would install today, has no vulnerabilities on record against it. Earlier releases do — the version table above lists each release with what affects it.

Which version of backbone should I use?

1.6.1 is the version Vulert recommends for the affected releases. The version table above lists every release with the vulnerabilities recorded against it, so you can confirm the range you actually run.

How many vulnerabilities does backbone have?

1 vulnerability is recorded for backbone in the npm ecosystem: 0 critical, 0 high, 1 medium and 0 low. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new backbone vulnerabilities disclosed?

0 vulnerabilities were recorded for backbone in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 18 Feb 2019. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of backbone are affected?

Each vulnerability on this page lists the affected version range and the fixed version to move to. Open the vulnerability for the version you actually run — fixes are specific to a release line, not to the package as a whole.

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