# August 31 2021 Security Releases

DevFeed: [August 31 2021 Security Releases](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/august-31-2021-security-releases-2872.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/aug-2021-security-releases2>)

Published: 2021-08-31T16:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Node.js Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/node-js-blog.md>)

Topics: [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>)

Tags: [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

Node.js announced security updates for the 12.x and 14.x release lines to remediate node-tar vulnerabilities, including three high-severity and two moderate-severity issues.

## Source excerpt

Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.