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web3: vulnerability history, versions and safety

web3 is a package in the npm ecosystem. Vulert records 1 vulnerability for it across 120 releases, first recorded in May 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 L1
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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 web3 4.16.0 i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Careful: 4.16.0 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 Maintaining
  • Popularity Key ecosystem project
  • 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 4.16.0 — affected i
  • Vulnerabilities on record 1 over 1 year · 0 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 30 May 2019 i
  • Highest CVSS 3.3 i
  • With no published fix 1 i
  • Depended on by 17,412 packages i
  • Stars 19,907 i
  • OpenSSF scorecard 3/10 i
  • Last release 22 months ago i
  • Licence LGPL-3.0 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 web3, 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
4.16.1-dev.bf16917.0 17 Jan 2025 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.16.1-dev.bc4a34b.0 16 Jan 2025 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.16.1-dev.89976a9.0 14 Jan 2025 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.16.1-dev.ae99434.0 11 Dec 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.16.1-dev.fa5ce5b.0 10 Dec 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.16.1-dev.f41ca32.0 10 Dec 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.16.1-dev.594f83a.0 03 Dec 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.16.0 03 Dec 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.b3ee417.0 03 Dec 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.acdb0c7.0 03 Dec 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.926044b.0 26 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.7a8df69.0 25 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.984cb7c.0 22 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.3b122a2.0 21 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.7109fb2.0 21 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.4c55d98.0 21 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.0cbc23d.0 21 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.56d4aec.0 19 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.6379aa8.0 19 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.5437fbc.0 19 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.079c558.0 19 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.e79ace2.0 19 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.5eeb2d6.0 19 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.6229f4d.0 19 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.1b367e6.0 14 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.471c12b.0 14 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.8c55cb0.0 14 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.bde1316.0 14 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.6ad1ca9.0 14 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.9aab5cd.0 14 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.6af068f.0 13 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.0915cf4.0 13 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.2011192.0 13 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.1724f35.0 11 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.1-dev.098ee6d.0 06 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.15.0 06 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.07993c2.0 05 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.9fa32c9.0 05 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.d446838.0 04 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.4aaf915.0 04 Nov 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.3283431.0 31 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.95b4bab.0 30 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.69d83e7.0 30 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.efac906.0 28 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.d3baae6.0 24 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.0681f97.0 24 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.70352cd.0 23 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.4ca66af.0 23 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.3687070.0 22 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.331aa9c.0 22 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.ed85cce.0 21 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.fab66e9.0 21 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.1-dev.376f192.0 21 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.14.0 21 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.822f8c1.0 16 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.69187c5.0 16 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.7008e5c.0 15 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.bbde6ea.0 11 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.f701406.0 09 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.facc2e6.0 08 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.9edb183.0 07 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.496ed93.0 07 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.7c207b8.0 05 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.76c468a.0 04 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.adf483f.0 04 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.dcd9d6a.0 02 Oct 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.32c8cc8.0 26 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.04da324.0 26 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.cc99825.0 26 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.c602fc6.0 24 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.aa471e7.0 24 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.61babcc.0 24 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.d45b712.0 24 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.d6baee6.0 23 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.6f9a485.0 19 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.1-dev.5a7e302.0 18 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.13.0 18 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.12.2-dev.a21078b.0 17 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.12.2-dev.b3cb1b7.0 13 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.12.2-dev.b86d8ca.0 09 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.12.2-dev.27155ea.0 09 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.12.2-dev.973ee80.0 09 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.12.2-dev.2f24244.0 09 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.12.2-dev.75df267.0 09 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.12.2-dev.7a6e492.0 05 Sep 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.12.2-dev.9b32205.0 28 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.12.2-dev.f351e00.0 23 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.12.1 23 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.12.1-dev.0b75589.0 23 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.12.1-dev.e746566.0 22 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.12.0 22 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.11.2-dev.60fc197.0 21 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.11.2-dev.4f8e8cc.0 21 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.11.2-dev.2ef694c.0 21 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.11.2-dev.d9d0391.0 20 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.11.2-dev.0db2b18.0 08 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.11.2-dev.8b435c1.0 06 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.11.2-dev.5080e80.0 02 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.11.2-dev.2706805.0 02 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.11.2-dev.61e9e06.0 02 Aug 2024 L1 LGPL-3.0 No Details →
4.11.2-dev.f87ffbe.0 01 Aug 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.11.2-dev.dee14ec.0 30 Jul 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.11.2-dev.cbbbd84.0 24 Jul 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.11.1 24 Jul 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.11.1-dev.e5efe49.0 22 Jul 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.11.1-dev.5f6deeb.0 22 Jul 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.11.1-dev.cbcfc18.0 22 Jul 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.11.1-dev.5ad7e5b.0 17 Jul 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.11.1-dev.9afaa61.0 16 Jul 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.11.1-dev.6b80cf0.0 12 Jul 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.11.1-dev.463d070.0 11 Jul 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.11.0 11 Jul 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.10.1-dev.89711ab.0 10 Jul 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.10.1-dev.1436228.0 09 Jul 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.10.0 17 Jun 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.9.1-dev.9086b98.0 30 May 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.9.1-dev.b63af9f.0 30 May 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.9.1-dev.f687df6.0 29 May 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.9.1-dev.7084665.0 29 May 2024 L1 — No Details →
4.9.1-dev.683be62.0 28 May 2024 L1 — No Details →

The newest 120 of 582 versions Vulert tracks. 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 web3

The 1 most severe of 1 vulnerabilities recorded for this package

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Vulnerability Severity Fixed version ↓ Disclosed ↓
Insecure Credential Storage in web3 3.3 low No fix published 30 May 2019

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Questions

About web3

Is web3 safe to use?

Vulert records 1 vulnerabilities for web3 in npm: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 1 low. 1 of them has no published fix yet, so that is the one to avoid or mitigate.

What is web3's Vulert package health score?

Vulert scores web3 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 web3 affected?

Yes. 4.16.0, 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 web3 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 web3 have?

1 vulnerability is recorded for web3 in the npm ecosystem: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 1 low. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new web3 vulnerabilities disclosed?

0 vulnerabilities were recorded for web3 in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 30 May 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 web3 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 web3 for upcoming vulnerabilities?

Upload the manifest or SBOM for your application at vulert.com/scanner and Vulert keeps checking the web3 version you actually run against new disclosures, then alerts you when one affects it. There is no installation and no source-code access required.