eslint-plugin-node version 1.4.0 introduces a subtle but potentially important update compared to version 1.3.0. Both versions offer additional ESLint rules tailored for Node.js development, ensuring code adheres to best practices and common conventions. They share identical dependencies, including tools for handling ignore files (ignore), matching file patterns (minimatch), object assignment (object-assign), resolving module paths (resolve), and semantic versioning (semver). Similarly, the development dependencies for testing, linting, and code coverage remain consistent, utilizing tools like eslint, istanbul, mocha, and others. The peer dependencies also stay the same, specifying compatibility with ESLint versions 1.10.3 or 2.0.0 and above. Both versions are licensed under the MIT license and authored by Toru Nagashima.
The crucial difference, and the key takeaway for developers, is the release date. Version 1.4.0 was released on May 21, 2016, a week after version 1.3.0, which was released on May 14, 2016. While the functionalities seems identical, the newer version likely incorporates minor bug fixes, performance improvements, or documentation updates that are not explicitly detailed in the provided metadata. Developers should generally prefer the latest version (1.4.0) to benefit from these potential enhancements, ensuring they are using the most refined and stable iteration of the plugin, assuming no breaking changes were introduced between minor versions. Checking the changelog or commit history for that week will provide even further insight in what changed.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 1.4.0 of the package
semver vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service
Versions of the package semver before 7.5.2 on the 7.x branch, before 6.3.1 on the 6.x branch, and all other versions before 5.7.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the function new Range, when untrusted user data is provided as a range.
