# qs@6.16.0 security report (npm)

- Verdict: **No issues** (risk level: safe)
- Scanned: 2026-10-04T14:40:45.000Z
- Files reviewed: 7
- Findings: no findings
- Report: https://security.togoder.click/npm/qs@6.16.0
- Source: Togoder Security (https://security.togoder.click), AI source-code review

## Summary

Togoder Security scanned the npm package qs@6.16.0 on Oct 4, 2026. An AI review of 7 source files produced no findings. No malicious behavior, install-time payloads, credential theft or exfiltration were identified.

## Findings

No findings.

## Files reviewed

- `dist/qs.js` (safe): No malicious patterns detected; this is the standard bundled 'qs' query string library.
- `eslint.config.mjs` (safe): Cleared by Jev triage; no further analysis needed
- `lib/formats.js` (safe): Cleared by Jev triage; no further analysis needed
- `lib/index.js` (safe): Cleared by Jev triage; no further analysis needed
- `lib/parse.js` (safe): No malicious patterns detected; this is a legitimate query string parser with standard prototype-pollution and array-limit safeguards.
- `lib/stringify.js` (safe): No malicious patterns detected; the file is a standard query-string serialization implementation with no network, filesystem, process, or dynamic code execution activity.
- `lib/utils.js` (safe): This is a legitimate utility module from the qs library handling query string parsing/encoding with no malicious patterns such as network requests, credential harvesting, process spawning, or dynamic code execution.

## Version ranges

None of the 3 scanned versions of qs are flagged high or critical. The latest scanned version, 6.16.0, is clean. Only versions we have scanned are listed; unscanned versions between them are not covered.

- 6.16.0 (`6.16.0`): clean
- 6.14.0 (`6.14.0`): medium (Prototype pollution)
- 6.13.0 (`6.13.0`): not scanned
- 6.11.0 (`6.11.0`): clean

## Scanned versions

- [6.16.0](https://security.togoder.click/npm/qs@6.16.0): safe, 2026-10-04T14:40:45.000Z
- [6.14.0](https://security.togoder.click/npm/qs@6.14.0): medium, 2026-10-04T16:39:45.000Z
- [6.11.0](https://security.togoder.click/npm/qs@6.11.0): safe, 2026-10-04T16:51:34.000Z

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