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ckeditor4-dev: vulnerability history, versions and safety

ckeditor4-dev is a package in the npm ecosystem. Vulert records 1 vulnerability for it across 6 releases, first recorded in May 2022. 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 ckeditor4-dev 4.16.0 i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Good news: 4.16.0, the version you would install today, has no known vulnerabilities. Older releases do — the table below lists all 1.

Package health score 45/100
  • Security Minor issues
  • Maintenance Deprecated
  • Popularity Niche
  • Community Moderate

The registry marks the latest release as deprecated, which caps this score.

What to do: Stay on 4.16.0 or newer. This can change: a vulnerability disclosed tomorrow can affect 4.16.0 too — Vulert watches the package and alerts you if that happens. Monitor it with Vulert →

  • Current release 4.16.0 — unaffected i
  • Vulnerabilities on record 1 over 1 year · 0 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 24 May 2022 i
  • Highest CVSS 6.5 i
  • With no published fix 0 i
  • Stars 5,822 i
  • OpenSSF scorecard 3/10 i
  • Last release 68 months ago i
  • Licence GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-2.1 OR MPL-1.1 i

Version list, release dates, licence and dependants published by the npm registry, refreshed 23 Oct 2026. Licence information is not legal advice.

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert tracks for ckeditor4-dev, 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
4.16.0 26 Jan 2021 none GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-2.1 OR MPL-1.1 — Details →
4.15.1 09 Nov 2020 M1 GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-2.1 OR MPL-1.1 Yes Details →
4.15.0 07 Sep 2020 M1 GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-2.1 OR MPL-1.1 Yes Details →
4.14.1 17 Jun 2020 M1 GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-2.1 OR MPL-1.1 Yes Details →
4.14.0 04 Mar 2020 M1 GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-2.1 OR MPL-1.1 Yes Details →
4.13.1 09 Dec 2019 M1 GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-2.1 OR MPL-1.1 Yes Details →
4.13.0 26 Sep 2019 M1 GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-2.1 OR MPL-1.1 Yes Details →

All 7 versions Vulert tracks for this package. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

  • 2022 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 ckeditor4-dev

The 1 most severe of 1 vulnerabilities recorded for this package

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Vulnerability Severity Fixed version ↑ Disclosed ↑
CVE-2021-26271: CKEditor 4 ReDoS Vulnerability 6.5 medium 4.16 24 May 2022

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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315

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Questions

About ckeditor4-dev

Is ckeditor4-dev safe to use?

Vulert records 1 vulnerabilities for ckeditor4-dev 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 ckeditor4-dev's Vulert package health score?

Vulert scores ckeditor4-dev 45/100, which reads as risky. 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). The registry marks the latest release as deprecated, which caps this score.

Is the latest version of ckeditor4-dev affected?

No. 4.16.0, 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 ckeditor4-dev should I use?

4.16.0 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 ckeditor4-dev have?

1 vulnerability is recorded for ckeditor4-dev 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 ckeditor4-dev vulnerabilities disclosed?

0 vulnerabilities were recorded for ckeditor4-dev in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 24 May 2022. 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 ckeditor4-dev 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.

How do I monitor ckeditor4-dev for upcoming vulnerabilities?

Upload the manifest or SBOM for your application at vulert.com/scanner and Vulert keeps checking the ckeditor4-dev version you actually run against new disclosures, then alerts you when one affects it. There is no installation and no source-code access required.