get_latest_advisories
Get latest npm security advisories
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Browse recently published npm security advisories and known-malicious-package findings. Three disjoint sources, selected via type: "reviewed" (default) is GitHub's curated, mostly CVE-backed advisories; "malware" is GitHub's own known-malicious-package advisories; "osv" is OSV.dev's OpenSSF malicious-packages feed, which covers far more malicious npm packages than GitHub ever republishes under a GHSA id. None of "malware"/"osv" carry a CVE or meaningful CWE beyond "embedded malicious code". Filter by severity, vulnerability category (XSS, SQL/NoSQL Injection, SSRF, Access Control, Code Injection, etc. — reviewed only), an affected package name, or (reviewed/malware only) look up one exact advisory by GHSA or CVE ID. Paginated with an opaque cursor: pass a previous response's nextCursor back in as cursor to fetch the next page.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| type | string | no | Advisory source: "reviewed" (curated CVE-style, default), "malware" (GitHub-curated known-malicious packages), or "osv" (OSV.dev/OpenSSF malicious-packages feed) |
| severity | string | no | Filter by severity (default all; not applicable to "malware"/"osv") |
| category | string | no | Filter by vulnerability category (reviewed only). One of: access-control, dos, xss, ssrf, auth, code-injection, info-exposure, path-traversal, input-validation, prototype-pollution, command-injection, sqli, crypto, race-condition, open-redirect, csrf, crlf-injection, xml-injection, malicious-code, deserialization |
| affects | string | no | Filter to advisories affecting this npm package name |
| ghsaId | string | no | Look up one exact advisory by its GHSA ID (e.g. "GHSA-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx") — reviewed/malware only |
| cveId | string | no | Look up one exact advisory by its CVE ID (e.g. "CVE-2024-12345") — reviewed/malware only |
| direction | string | no | Sort by published date, newest or oldest first (default desc) |
| cursor | string | no | Opaque pagination cursor from a previous response's nextCursor, to fetch the next page |
Raw JSON schema
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"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"reviewed",
"malware",
"osv"
],
"description": "Advisory source: \"reviewed\" (curated CVE-style, default), \"malware\" (GitHub-curated known-malicious packages), or \"osv\" (OSV.dev/OpenSSF malicious-packages feed)"
},
"severity": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"critical",
"high",
"medium",
"low",
"all"
],
"description": "Filter by severity (default all; not applicable to \"malware\"/\"osv\")"
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"access-control",
"dos",
"xss",
"ssrf",
"auth",
"code-injection",
"info-exposure",
"path-traversal",
"input-validation",
"prototype-pollution",
"command-injection",
"sqli",
"crypto",
"race-condition",
"open-redirect",
"csrf",
"crlf-injection",
"xml-injection",
"malicious-code",
"deserialization"
],
"description": "Filter by vulnerability category (reviewed only). One of: access-control, dos, xss, ssrf, auth, code-injection, info-exposure, path-traversal, input-validation, prototype-pollution, command-injection, sqli, crypto, race-condition, open-redirect, csrf, crlf-injection, xml-injection, malicious-code, deserialization"
},
"affects": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 214,
"description": "Filter to advisories affecting this npm package name"
},
"ghsaId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Look up one exact advisory by its GHSA ID (e.g. \"GHSA-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx\") — reviewed/malware only"
},
"cveId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Look up one exact advisory by its CVE ID (e.g. \"CVE-2024-12345\") — reviewed/malware only"
},
"direction": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"asc",
"desc"
],
"description": "Sort by published date, newest or oldest first (default desc)"
},
"cursor": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Opaque pagination cursor from a previous response's nextCursor, to fetch the next page"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}