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No. A now unavailable version, `debug@4.4.2` was unpublished by npm, which is the only vulnerable version in question.

Edit: However, I think the reason the security advisory marks the entire package at the moment, is because there is no mechanism in npm to notify users a version with an exploit is currently installed. `npm audit` looks at the versions configured, not installed.

The security advisory triggering this warning forces everyone to reinstall packages today, in case 4.4.2 was installed.



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