Is body-parser safe to use?

body-parser has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.2.2). DepScope rates its health at 94/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of body-parser?

The latest version of body-parser is 2.2.2, released 2026-01-07.

Does body-parser have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of body-parser.

Is body-parser deprecated?

No, body-parser is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.2.2 (2026-01-07).

What are alternatives to body-parser?

Popular alternatives to body-parser in npm include: ?, semver, debug, ansi-styles, minimatch.

What license does body-parser use?

body-parser is licensed under MIT.

body-parser

npmv2.2.2

Node.js body parsing middleware

License MITpermissive82 versions4 maintainers9 deps106,528,239 weekly dl

expressjs/body-parser

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 94/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

9/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

512.0 KBminified

212.5 KB gzipped

9 direct dependencies

side effects

🌟

TypeScript

7/10typed

Types from @types/body-parser (DefinitelyTyped)

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

8.0/10

strong

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

Contributors (12m)

GitHub stars

0

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.82critical

Download trend

stable(+0.5%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (9)

qs bytes debug type-is raw-body iconv-lite http-errors on-finished content-type

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/npm/body-parser

body-parser

npmv2.2.2

Node.js body parsing middleware

License MITpermissive82 versions4 maintainers9 deps106,528,239 weekly dl

expressjs/body-parser

/ 100

Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 94/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

9/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Bundle & TypeScript

📦

Bundle Size

512.0 KBminified

212.5 KB gzipped

9 direct dependencies

side effects

🌟

TypeScript

7/10typed

Types from @types/body-parser (DefinitelyTyped)

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

8.0/10

strong

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

Contributors (12m)

GitHub stars

0

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.82critical

Download trend

stable(+0.5%)

Publish security

npm signed

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (9)

qs bytes debug type-is raw-body iconv-lite http-errors on-finished content-type

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/npm/body-parser