Vulnerability library
Security checkApril 09, 2026

Unhead has a hasDangerousProtocol() bypass via leading-zero padded HTML entities in useHeadSafe()

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Medium severitynpmunhead

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Description

##EVIDENCE

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Recommendation

Update the unhead package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): < 2.1.13
  • Patched version(s): 2.1.13

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