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mathjax: vulnerability history, versions and safety

mathjax is a package in the npm ecosystem. Vulert records 2 vulnerabilities for it across 38 releases, from Jul 2018 to Aug 2023. 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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2 vulnerabilities recorded H1 M1
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1 with no fix published

No patched version yet — these are the ones to plan around.

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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 mathjax 4.1.3 i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Careful: 4.1.3 has 1 known vulnerability, and 1 has no fix yet. Use an earlier safe version, or the workaround listed for each one.

Package health score 60/100
  • Security Minor issues
  • Maintenance Sustainable
  • Popularity Widely used
  • Community Moderate

The current release has a vulnerability with no published fix, which caps this score.

What to do: Pin an earlier, unaffected release if you can, and apply the workaround each vulnerability lists until a fix is published. No fix yet: Vulert alerts you the moment one is published. Monitor it with Vulert →

  • Current release 4.1.3 — affected i
  • Vulnerabilities on record 2 over 5 years · 0 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 29 Aug 2023 i
  • Highest CVSS 7.5 i
  • With no published fix 1 i
  • Depended on by 61 packages i
  • Stars 10,938 i
  • OpenSSF scorecard 4/10 i
  • Last release 3 months ago i
  • Licence Apache-2.0 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 mathjax, 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
4.1.3 03 Jul 2026 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
4.1.2 03 May 2026 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
4.1.1 19 Feb 2026 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
4.1.0 16 Dec 2025 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
4.0.0 04 Aug 2025 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
4.0.0-rc.4 26 Jun 2025 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
4.0.0-beta.7 21 Jul 2024 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
4.0.0-beta.6 30 Apr 2024 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
4.0.0-beta.4 04 Oct 2023 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
4.0.0-beta.3 19 Jul 2023 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
4.0.0-alpha.1 02 Oct 2022 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
3.2.2 08 Jun 2022 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
3.2.1 19 May 2022 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
3.2.0 17 Jun 2021 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
3.1.4 23 Apr 2021 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
3.1.3 22 Apr 2021 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
3.1.2 12 Sep 2020 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
3.1.1 12 Sep 2020 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
3.1.0 25 Aug 2020 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.7.9 25 Aug 2020 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
3.0.5 10 Apr 2020 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
3.0.4 08 Apr 2020 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.7.8 08 Apr 2020 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
3.0.1 07 Feb 2020 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.7.7 19 Nov 2019 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
3.0.0 04 Sep 2019 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.7.6 04 Sep 2019 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.7.5 19 Jul 2018 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.7.4 04 Apr 2018 H1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.7.3 08 Feb 2018 H1 M1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.7.2 26 Aug 2017 H1 M1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.7.2-rc 23 Aug 2017 H1 M1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.7.1 25 Apr 2017 H1 M1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.7.0 14 Oct 2016 H1 M1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.7.0-beta.0 01 Sep 2016 H1 M1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.6.1 08 Feb 2016 H1 M1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.6.1-rc.1 08 Feb 2016 H1 M1 Apache-2.0 No Details →
2.5.1 05 Mar 2015 H1 M1 Apache-2.0 No Details →

All 38 versions Vulert tracks for this package. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

  • 2018 1
  • 2023 1

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 0 of the 2 were recorded in the last 12 months.

03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for mathjax

The 2 most severe of 2 vulnerabilities recorded for this package

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Vulnerability Severity Fixed version ↓ Disclosed ↓
CVE-2023-39663: MathJax Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) 7.5 high No fix published 29 Aug 2023
CVE-2018-1999024: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in MathJax 5.4 medium 2.7.4 27 Jul 2018

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Questions

About mathjax

Is mathjax safe to use?

Vulert records 2 vulnerabilities for mathjax in npm: 0 critical, 1 high, 1 medium and 0 low. 1 of them has no published fix yet, so that is the one to avoid or mitigate.

What is mathjax's Vulert package health score?

Vulert scores mathjax 60/100, which reads as usable, but worth attention. 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 current release has a vulnerability with no published fix, which caps this score.

Is the latest version of mathjax affected?

Yes. 4.1.3, the version you would install today, has 1 known vulnerability, and 1 has no published fix yet. Use an earlier unaffected release, or the workaround each vulnerability lists.

Which version of mathjax should I use?

4.1.3 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 mathjax have?

2 vulnerabilities are recorded for mathjax in the npm ecosystem: 0 critical, 1 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 mathjax vulnerabilities disclosed?

0 vulnerabilities were recorded for mathjax in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 27 Jul 2018. 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 mathjax 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 mathjax for upcoming vulnerabilities?

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