# chokidar@5.0.0 security report (npm)

- Verdict: **No issues** (risk level: safe)
- Scanned: 2026-10-04T21:17:59.000Z
- Files reviewed: 2
- Findings: no findings
- Report: https://security.togoder.click/npm/chokidar
- Source: Togoder Security (https://security.togoder.click), AI source-code review

## Summary

Togoder Security scanned the npm package chokidar@5.0.0 on Oct 4, 2026. An AI review of 2 source files produced no findings. No malicious behavior, install-time payloads, credential theft or exfiltration were identified.

## Findings

No findings.

## Files reviewed

- `handler.js` (safe): No malicious patterns detected in this source code; it is a legitimate file system watcher implementation using Node.js fs and path modules without suspicious activities such as data exfiltration, credential harvesting, obfuscation, or process spawning.
- `index.js` (safe): No malicious patterns detected; the code is the legitimate chokidar file-watching library with standard Node.js APIs and no exfiltration, obfuscation, or suspicious behavior.

## Version ranges

None of the 2 scanned versions of chokidar are flagged high or critical. The latest scanned version, 5.0.0, is clean. Only versions we have scanned are listed; unscanned versions between them are not covered.

- 4.0.3 – 5.0.0 (`>=4.0.3 <=5.0.0`): clean
- 3.6.0 (`3.6.0`): not scanned

## Scanned versions

- [5.0.0](https://security.togoder.click/npm/chokidar@5.0.0): safe, 2026-10-04T21:17:59.000Z
- [4.0.3](https://security.togoder.click/npm/chokidar@4.0.3): safe, 2026-10-04T16:22:04.000Z

AI analysis is guidance, not a guarantee. Methodology: https://security.togoder.click/methodology