defu (npm)

🌊 Assign default properties recursively

Advisories

Latest version

6.1.7

Released Apr 7, 2026

License

MIT

OpenSSF Scorecard

3.2 / 10

How to fix

Upgrading to 6.1.5 or later clears every advisory below that has a fix.

Upgrade commands

npm

npm install defu@6.1.7

yarn

yarn add defu@6.1.7

pnpm

pnpm add defu@6.1.7

Known vulnerabilities

Advisory	Severity	Affected	Fixed in
GHSA-737v-mqg7-c878 defu: Prototype pollution via `__proto__` key in defaults argument	High EPSS 0.40%	`< 6.1.5`	`6.1.5`
GHSA-737v-mqg7-c878 defu: Prototype pollution via `__proto__` key in defaults argument	High EPSS 0.40%	`<= 6.1.4`	No fix yet

Source: git+https://github.com/unjs/defu.git

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