fix: resolve critical security vulnerability in execa dependency#150
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This commit addresses a critical security vulnerability (GMS-2020-2, CVSS 9.8) in the execa package, which is a transitive dependency through shelljs. ## Changes Made - Added npm override to force execa version upgrade from 1.0.0 to 9.6.1 - Updated package-lock.json with new dependency tree - Verified build still works correctly with updated dependencies ## Vulnerability Details - **Package**: execa@1.0.0 (transitive dependency via shelljs@0.9.2) - **CVE**: GMS-2020-2 - **Severity**: CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) - **Category**: OWASP Top Ten 2017 A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities - **Fix**: Upgrade to execa >= 2.0.0 ## Testing - ✅ npm install completes successfully - ✅ npm run build completes without errors - ✅ npm audit reports 0 vulnerabilities - ✅ execa now resolved to version 9.6.1 ## Related This fix was identified through Docker Scout vulnerability scanning of the akamai/sandbox Docker image which bundles this CLI tool. Co-authored-by: GitHub Copilot <github-copilot@github.com>
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This commit addresses a critical security vulnerability (GMS-2020-2, CVSS 9.8) in the execa package, which is a transitive dependency through shelljs.
Changes Made
Vulnerability Details